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University of Baltimore

Public College in Baltimore, MD. Six-year graduation rate 38%. Median 10-year earnings $61,335.

Verdict Solid outcomes
University of Baltimore · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$61,335
Median debt at grad
$23,250
Graduation rate
38.2%
Federal loan default
0%

Students who entered University of Baltimore reach a median of $61,335 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. The six-year graduation rate is 38% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Median debt at graduation is $23,250, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.

Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.

Green Flags
  • 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags

Admissions

Acceptance rate
79%
Applicants
127
Yield rate
37.0%

79% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. The applicant pool is small at 127, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. About 37% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 14% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.

Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)

These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.

Test 25th–75th percentile Submitted
SAT Evidence-Based Reading 370–650 5 (14%)
SAT Math 370–680
ACT Composite

IPEDS Admissions · 2024

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Academics

Full-time retention
60%
Transfer-out rate
20%
Student:faculty
10:1

A six-year graduation rate of 38% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. First-year retention is 60% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. Transfer-out runs to 20% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. The 10:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$14,545
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
81%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
40%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,223 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

Average net price is $14,545 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price varies modestly by income — $11,680 at $0–30k against $19,406 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 81% of students at an average of $7,268. About 40% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.

Entering first-year students

A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.

% receiving grants
84%
Average grant
$11,113

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 25 students

Net price by family income

The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.

Family income band Average net price
$0–30k $11,680
$30–48k $14,337
$48–75k $17,472
$75–110k $19,477
$110k+ $19,406

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Federal student loans went to 491 of these 1,223 students, totalling $3,745,430 — an average of $7,628 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (Baltimore City) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$1,362/mo
1 bedroom
$1,511/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$1,857/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

Veterans & GI Bill

GI Bill students
168
Yellow Ribbon
Yes
Principles of Excellence
Yes

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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How we evaluate University of Baltimore

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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