Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UMBC

At University of Maryland-Baltimore County, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 65.75%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 74.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of Maryland-Baltimore County than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 24.25%, and the 2024 yield is 20.00%. The number of UMBC applicants increased by 14.01% (1,616 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 65.75%, and this year's acceptance rate is 74.00% at University of Maryland-Baltimore County. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 67.80% and women students' rate is 63.86%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of Maryland-Baltimore County than the previous year.

The next table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at University of Maryland-Baltimore County over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

Year	Total	Men	Women
Year	2013-14	63.15%	66.37%	60.11%
2014-15	59.61% -3.54%	62.01% -2.84%	57.27% -2.84%
2015-16	59.42% -0.18%	62.48% -0.67%	56.60% -0.67%
2016-17	56.83% -2.60%	60.80% -3.54%	53.06% -3.54%
2017-18	60.21% 3.38%	62.50% 5.10%	58.16% 5.10%
2018-19	57.94% -2.27%	61.61% -3.52%	54.64% -3.52%
2019-20	61.03% 3.09%	64.34% 3.45%	58.09% 3.45%
2020-21	69.48% 8.45%	71.77% 9.35%	67.44% 9.35%
2021-22	81.00% 11.51%	80.00% 14.55%	81.99% 14.55%
2022-23	80.55% -0.44%	79.95% -0.86%	81.13% -0.86%
2023-24	74.00% -6.55%	74.01% -7.13%	73.99% -7.13%
Average	65.75%	67.80%	63.86%

University of Maryland-Baltimore County Acceptance Rate Changes Chart

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 24.25% where the current academic year yield is 20.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at University of Maryland-Baltimore County from 2013 to 2024.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	26.90%	30.33%	23.33%
2014-15	26.75% -0.15%	29.71% 0.31%	23.63% 0.31%
2015-16	24.68% -2.07%	28.91% -3.25%	20.38% -3.25%
2016-17	25.03% 0.35%	29.08% 0.24%	20.63% 0.24%
2017-18	26.28% 1.24%	30.29% 1.79%	22.42% 1.79%
2018-19	26.42% 0.15%	30.69% -0.31%	22.11% -0.31%
2019-20	23.54% -2.88%	27.39% -2.35%	19.75% -2.35%
2020-21	21.04% -2.50%	25.21% -2.69%	17.07% -2.69%
2021-22	23.01% 1.97%	27.00% 1.93%	19.00% 1.93%
2022-23	23.08% 0.07%	26.18% 1.15%	20.15% 1.15%
2023-24	20.00% -3.08%	24.01% -3.15%	16.99% -3.15%
Average	24.25%	28.07%	20.50%

University of Maryland-Baltimore County Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes Chart

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 11,219, the average number of admitted is 7,404, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,771. The number of UMBC applicants increased by 14.01% (1,616 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at University of Maryland-Baltimore County from 2013 to 2024.

Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	9,755	6,160	1,657
2014-15	10,217 462	6,090 -28	1,629 -28
2015-16	10,629 412	6,316 -70	1,559 -70
2016-17	10,812 183	6,144 -21	1,538 -21
2017-18	11,201 389	6,744 234	1,772 234
2018-19	11,720 519	6,790 22	1,794 22
2019-20	11,842 122	7,227 -93	1,701 -93
2020-21	11,459 -383	7,962 -26	1,675 -26
2021-22	11,093 -366	8,985 392	2,067 392
2022-23	11,534 441	9,291 77	2,144 77
2023-24	13,150 1,616	9,731 -198	1,946 -198
Average	11,219	7,404	1,771

University of Maryland-Baltimore County Number of Applicants Changes Chart

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