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Information Technology at University of Maryland - Baltimore County

If you are interested in studying information technology, you may want to check out the program at University of Maryland - Baltimore County. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UMBC is located in Baltimore, Maryland and approximately 13,497 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 80 IT majors received their bachelor's degree from UMBC.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Information Technology section at the bottom of this page.

UMBC Information Technology Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in IT (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Bachelor’s Degree in IT

UMBC Information Technology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IT progam at UMBC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IT major at UMBC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Technology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Popular Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools 22
Most Focused Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools 49
Best Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools 75
Most Popular Information Technology Schools 82
Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools 88
Best Value Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools 104
110
Best Value Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools 114
128
Most Popular Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools 173
Best Information Technology Schools 247
Most Focused Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools 278
Most Focused Information Technology Schools 306
Best Value Information Technology Schools 337
366

Earnings of UMBC IT Graduates

The median salary of IT students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMBC is $41,347. This is less than $51,250, which is the national average of all IT majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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IT Student Demographics at UMBC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IT majors at University of Maryland - Baltimore County.

UMBC Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

35% Women
71% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 65% of IT bachelor's degrees went to men and 35% went to women. The typical IT bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% women. So female students are more repesented at UMBC since its program graduates 13% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% more racial-ethnic minorities in its IT bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Maryland - Baltimore County with a bachelor's in IT.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 28
Black or African American 16
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 11
International Students 8
Other Races/Ethnicities 11

UMBC also has a doctoral program available in IT. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Information Technology

If you plan to be a IT major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Maryland - Baltimore County. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Information Technology Management 80

Careers That IT Grads May Go Into

A degree in IT can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MD, the home state for University of Maryland - Baltimore County.

Occupation Jobs in MD Average Salary in MD
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 16,220 $108,190
Managers 14,450 $122,050
Computer Workers 13,720 $113,330
Computer User Support Specialists 10,620 $54,880
Computer and Information Systems Managers 10,590 $154,870

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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