Enrollment Trends at UMBC

The student population at University of Maryland-Baltimore County is 13,906 (10,767 undergraduate and 3,139 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 67 (0.48%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UMBC is 77.43% which is decreased by 476 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 543 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 118 male students for every 100 female students, down from 119 in 2015.
580 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 40.44% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 13,769 where 13,906 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 14,148 students in 2024 and was lowest at 13,497 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 13,839 to 13,906 students, a net gain of 67 (0.5%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Maryland-Baltimore County since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	13,839	11,243	6,165	5,078	2,596	1,352	1,244
2016-17	13,640 -199	11,142 -101	6,183 18	4,959 -119	2,498 -98	1,312 -40	1,186 -58
2017-18	13,662 22	11,234 92	6,223 40	5,011 52	2,428 -70	1,223 -89	1,205 19
2018-19	13,767 105	11,260 26	6,254 31	5,006 -5	2,507 79	1,282 59	1,225 20
2019-20	13,602 -165	11,060 -200	6,091 -163	4,969 -37	2,542 35	1,308 26	1,234 9
2020-21	13,497 -105	10,932 -128	5,937 -154	4,995 26	2,565 23	1,298 -10	1,267 33
2021-22	13,638 141	10,835 -97	5,895 -42	4,940 -55	2,803 238	1,447 149	1,356 89
2022-23	13,991 353	10,625 -210	5,684 -211	4,941 1	3,366 563	1,770 323	1,596 240
2023-24	14,148 157	10,490 -135	5,681 -3	4,809 -132	3,658 292	1,923 153	1,735 139
2024-25	13,906 -242	10,767 277	5,852 171	4,915 106	3,139 -519	1,672 -251	1,467 -268
Average	13,769	10,959	5,997	4,962	2,810	1,459	1,352

University of Maryland-Baltimore County Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 10,959 where 10,767 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Maryland-Baltimore County since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	11,243	9,592	5,231	4,361	1,651	934	717
2016-17	11,142	9,484	5,267	4,217	1,658	916	742
2017-18	11,234	9,543	5,292	4,251	1,691	931	760
2018-19	11,260	9,623	5,340	4,283	1,637	914	723
2019-20	11,060	9,436	5,233	4,203	1,624	858	766
2020-21	10,932	9,220	5,004	4,216	1,712	933	779
2021-22	10,835	9,147	4,992	4,155	1,688	903	785
2022-23	10,625	9,069	4,863	4,206	1,556	821	735
2023-24	10,490	9,073	4,906	4,167	1,417	775	642
2024-25	10,767	9,414	5,120	4,294	1,353	732	621
Average	10,959	10,959	5,125	4,235	10,959	872	727

University of Maryland-Baltimore County Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,810 where 3,139 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Maryland-Baltimore County since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,596	1,160	611	549	1,436	741	695
2016-17	2,498	1,167	619	548	1,331	693	638
2017-18	2,428	1,126	591	535	1,302	632	670
2018-19	2,507	1,205	618	587	1,302	664	638
2019-20	2,542	1,257	677	580	1,285	631	654
2020-21	2,565	1,216	652	564	1,349	646	703
2021-22	2,803	1,536	835	701	1,267	612	655
2022-23	3,366	2,215	1,216	999	1,151	554	597
2023-24	3,658	2,450	1,357	1,093	1,208	566	642
2024-25	3,139	1,925	1,057	868	1,214	615	599
Average	2,810	2,810	823	702	2,810	635	649

University of Maryland-Baltimore County Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 27.20% and the percentage of black students is 21.56% at University of Maryland-Baltimore County. 20.22% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 8.64% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 44.59% to 27.20%. Asian enrollment grew from 18.06% to 20.22%. Black student enrollment increased from 16.16% to 21.56%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.64% to 8.64%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8282 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.7381 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Maryland-Baltimore County over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	20	2,499	2,237	780	27	6,171	470
2016-17	28	2,554	2,234	856	17	5,949	478
2017-18	26	2,608	2,349	933	17	5,696	533
2018-19	27	2,696	2,370	979	21	5,582	599
2019-20	20	2,638	2,423	1,030	18	5,319	642
2020-21	8	2,705	2,564	1,102	12	5,072	643
2021-22	9	2,763	2,656	1,101	9	4,723	645
2022-23	11	2,699	2,744	1,111	8	4,282	678
2023-24	13	2,737	2,862	1,087	4	3,991	742
2024-25	12	2,812	2,998	1,201	11	3,782	762
Average	17	2,671	2,544	1,018	14	5,057	619

University of Maryland-Baltimore County Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

580 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has increased 40.44% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Maryland-Baltimore County from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	13,839	413	674	12,752
2016-17	13,640	400	732	12,508
2017-18	13,662	406	722	12,534
2018-19	13,767	412	822	12,533
2019-20	13,602	439	1,163	12,000
2020-21	13,497	11,233	2,174	90
2021-22	13,638	1,968	8,618	3,052
2022-23	13,991	969	8,475	4,547
2023-24	14,148	657	8,734	4,757
2024-25	13,906	580	8,081	5,245
Average	13,769	1,748	4,020	8,002

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Enrollment Trends at UMBC

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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