University of Maryland—Baltimore County is a public institution that was started in 1966. It has a undergraduate enrollment of 11,060, its environment is suburban, and the campus size is 530 acres. It uses a 4-1-4-based academic calendar. Its in-state tuition/fees are $12,028; out-of-state tuition/fees are $27,662
University of Maryland—Baltimore County is situated about 45 minutes from Washington. The university offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and more than 30 graduate programs, including those in the engineering, science and public policy fields. UMBC bills itself as an honors university, and as such, hosts a chapter of the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa honor society and awards research grants to promising undergraduates, who then present what they’ve studied.

Learners can have fun outside the academic world by participating in about 250 student organizations, pledging one of the nearly 20 fraternities and sororities or attending any of the annual campus events, such as the spring carnival and concert called “Quad Mania.” Student athletes can play at the intramural level or try out for the nearly 20 UMBC Retrievers varsity teams, which participate in the NCAA Division I America East Conference. Notable UMBC alumni include actress Kathleen Turner, who starred in the movies “Romancing the Stone,” “Peggy Sue Got Married” and “The War of the Roses.”