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Financial Aid and Scholarships
If you’ve got grit, you deserve to benefit from a UMBC education.
Explore the range of financial aid opportunities we offer so you can focus on what really matters: how you’re going to solve problems, create new things, and have fun doing it.
Discover Scholarships
Incoming first-year, transfer, and international students are encouraged to apply to our merit scholarships that can cover tuition, housing, as well as books and other materials.
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$54M
in Aid Distributed by UMBC Annually
$1K-22K
Range of Merit Scholarships
FinancialSmarts@UMBC offers multiple crash courses on making informed financial decisions in your academic journey and personal life.