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[quote=Anonymous]UMBC serves a couple of different populations - commuter school (with perhaps longer than 4 year plans), placeholder before transfer to another school (often UMD-CP), and intended 4 year, residential program.

35% Full-time, on campus residential
50% Full-time, commuter
15% part-time, commuter
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For the fall 2013 New Freshman cohort, 1 yr retention is 89%, but after 2 yrs drops to 79%. I think a lot of that drop is transferring out. 4 yr graduation is 41.9%, but 5 yr graduation is 63.4%. Perhaps to be expected with a lot of commuters?
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For the fall 2013 Transfer cohort, 1 yr retention is 85%, but after 2 yrs drops to 59%. That says to me that a lot of students are either transferring out or graduating. But the 4 year graduation rate is 64.8%, which seems to say that almost everyone who stays, graduates. (And some must be returning for the number to go back up.)
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If you look at the degree program enrollments, UMBC clearly has some specific degrees that are in high demand, and I know that they have been growing some of their Science and Engineering programs. A lot of that growth has been due to UMD-CP overflow. There are far more interested students than UMD-CP can take, and a lot of them get into UMBC but not UMD-CP. (And some students actually prefer UMBC over UMD-CP because of the smaller campus and focused programs.)
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I wouldn't write off UMBC based on overall statistics. There are absolutely some great programs with great student outcomes. However, when you do look and consider UMBC, it is absolutely worth asking some specific questions about the program you are interested in and those outcomes.
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