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1. The University of Maryland Baltimore County was built in the 1960’s. 2. UMBC emphasizes engineering, science, information technology and public policy. 3. The president is Freeman H. Hrabowski lll 4. Has been the president of UMBC since 1992. 5. Average GPA is 3.6 6. Average Sat score is 1206 7. The school is 55% men and 45% wemon 8. 75% of the people who go there live on campus 9. Offers 42 majors and 41 minors 10. Maryland resident tuition is $19,488 out of state tuition is 29,485 11. Located 15 minutes from Baltimore’s inner harbor 12. Their mascot is a Chesapeake Bay retriever 13. Spirit colors are black and gold 14. 36 master degree, and 24 doctoral degree programs 15. School focuses a lot on math and science 16. Does not have a football team 17. Ranks second of all US Colleges in NASA funding 18. The UMBC the staff raised almost 180,000 in research funding. 19. Students can study abroad 20. It has facilities and services for students with disabilities 21. There is 1,186 staff at UMBC 22. More than 400 students compete in Division 1 sports at UMBC. 23. Located on 500 acres 24. UMBC is a member of the University System of Maryland. 25. The faculty at UMBC was in a 2012 survey of __Great Colleges to work for__ 26. The sports you can play are soccer, volleyball, track and field, basketball, baseball, softball, swimming/diving, tennis and Lacrosse. 27. Opens first phase of Preforming Arts and Humanities building this year! 28. Some scholarships include Fine arts awards, Dance department awards and 29. If you get a scholarship you must keep a minimum grade point average. 30. Scholarships apply in fall and spring semesters only. 31. You have to apply for scholarships by February 1st 32. The Carnegie Foundation ranks UMBC in the category of Research Universities. 33. The president focuses on science and math education 34. Time magazine named him on The Best College president in 2009 35. Also in the 100 most influential people in the world according to Time 36. among the first 100 Universities receiving federally financed R&D expenditures 37. Home of more than 25 research center 38. Ranked third in the nation in the number of scientific journal articles etc. 39. Research and development has improved in the past eight years 40. Some Certificate programs: Emergency Health Services, Engineering Management Program and the Music Department

1. Public honors society with 9900 undergraduates. 2. Coed college 3. Located in a large city in a suburban setting 4. 4 year public University 5. 1,245 First-time degree- seeking freshman 6. 2,626 Graduate enrollment 7.Average age of students is 22 8. 91% in state 9% out of state 9. less than 1% Part-time students 10. $50 application fee 11.8,099 people admitted 12. $10,961 is the average amount for financial aid 13. Student faculty ratio is 20:1 14. 85% of students return for sophomore year 15. They offer Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral degrees 16. 10,573 total undergraduates 17. 73% First year students live in college housing 18. Some more sports they have are wrestling, ice hockey, judo,field hockey, cheerleading,rugby, sailing,skiing and badminton. 19. Living on campus estamated amount for everything is $23,776 and for out of state $34,837 20. UMBC is 4th for undergraduate teaching 21.The most popular bachelor's are social sciences,biology, computer and information sciences,phychology, visual and Preforming arts and Engineering. 22. Some unique faclities are a reasearc h telescope, green house,photagraphy gallery, and a digital art labratory. 23.35% undergrdutes live in college housing 24. Housing options: coed housing, apartments for single students, special housing for disabled students and theme housing. 25. Freshmen are premitted to have a car 26. No pets in college housing 27. Services provided: career counseling, substance abuse counseling, health services and economically disadvantaged student services. 28. Also have writing and learning centers and tutoring too. 29. To apply you have to have an application essay, recommendations, standarized test scores and academic GPA. 30. Things considered- Class rank, personal quailities, volunteer work, and work experience. 31. Only baseball, basketball and cross-country offer sports scholarships 32. UMBC is a member of the NCAA 33.Award certificates in sciences,engneering, mathematics,technology,preforming arts, humanities and more. 34. More than 200 clubs and organizations 35. Tow major types of finanical aid scholarships and need-based 36. UMBC graduates are recruited by Google, National cancer institute, ABC News and IBM. 37.UMBC is a more diverse school then most schools today 38. Housing deposit is $200 39. It is a Meduim-sized school 40. 1,425 people are first-time degree seeking freshman.

__Cites-__ "University of Maryland Baltimore County." //Big Future by College Board//. The College Board, 2012. Web. 13 Oct 2012. .

"UMBC An Honors University In Maryland." //UMBC//. University of Maryland, Baltimore County, n.d. Web. 13 Oct 2012. .