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University of Maryland, Baltimore County

MD · Public · Mid-Atlantic · National university · 11,009 undergraduates (medium)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate74%
Early roundNot reported by roundEarly-round counts not in the CDS
Regular round†Not reported by roundEarly-round counts not in the CDS

† Not reported by round: this school publishes an overall admit rate but not applicant and admit counts for each round, so early and regular rates can’t be shown.

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Admission rates

Overall
0%45%90%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2561.0%69.5%81.2%81.1%74.2%72.4%74.0%

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

Early Action (Nov. 1) · School admissions page ↗What this means:

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
Test-optionalSchool testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Fall 2028
Fall 2028 policy not yet announced.School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026

Superscoring

What this means:

SAT
Not stated
ACT
Not stated

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Test-optional for fall 2027 entry.

How to send scores

Not stated on the school’s site

UMBC invites applicants to have the testing agency send scores; it does not say whether self-reported scores are accepted.

checked Nov 3, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡36%SAT 33% + ACT 3%

‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.

Submitted SAT33%
758 students
Submitted ACT3%
59 students

Score ranges (middle 50%)

Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2025. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.

SAT composite
1250–1400 median 1320
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
620–710 median 660
500800
SAT Math
610–710 median 660
500800
ACT composite
26–31 median 28
2036

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'19'20'21'22'23'24'25100%100%29.0%34.1%36.0%30.0%36.0%92.0%93.0%24.0%30.6%32.0%27.0%33.0%20.0%15.0%5.0%3.5%4.0%3.0%3.0%

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
160014001200'19'20'21'22'23'24'25no datano datano datano datano datano data1250–140014001250

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
36322824'19'20'21'22'23'24'2524–29292424–30302425–30302523–29292323–303023no data26–313126

Waitlist admit rate

Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.

  • 2025: 45%
  • 2023: 50%
  • 2022: 88%
  • 2021: 73%

What is a waitlist? How is it different from a deferral?

Test policy in each Common Data Set

History only. The current policy is under Testing above.

  1. Fall 2027 Not reported2025-26 CDS
  2. Fall 2026 Not reported2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 Not reported2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2023 Not reported2022-23 CDS
  5. Fall 2023 Test-optional2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 Required2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 Required2019-20 CDS

Sources