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User Experience Design Certificate

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Why Earn Your Certificate in User Experience Design?

Learn the fundamentals of user experience design in a program designed for busy working professionals to quickly upgrade their skills.

In 2020, LinkedIn ranked user experience design as one of the top 5 in-demand skills. The certificate program will help you develop skills to understand how users interact with computer-based systems and to design user-friendly interfaces, products, and websites.

At a Glance

User Experience Design Certificate

Campus Locations:
Catonsville, Online

Department:
Department of Information Systems

College:
College of Engineering and Information Technology

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What Are My Career Options Studying User Experience Design?

Human Centered Computing

Based on real UMBC graduates*

139 Graduates
$86,955 Median Salary
Data shown for graduates 2011–2026.

Top Job Titles

UX DESIGNER
25
Graduates
$81k
Median Salary
PRODUCT DESIGNER
7
Graduates
$97k
Median Salary
UI/UX DEVELOPER
6
Graduates
$101k
Median Salary
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
4
Graduates
$111k
Median Salary
DESIGN MANAGER
3
Graduates
$108k
Median Salary
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
3
Graduates
$51k
Median Salary
PROFESSOR
3
Graduates
$157k
Median Salary
FOUNDER
2
Graduates
$116k
Median Salary
GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT
2
Graduates
$36k
Median Salary
USER EXPERIENCE TEAM LEAD
2
Graduates
$107k
Median Salary

Salary Distribution

Top Employers

  1. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY 13
  2. LEIDOS 5
  3. AMAZON 4
  4. GOLDMAN SACHS 2
  5. GOOGLE 2
  6. IBM 2
  7. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON 2
  8. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY 2
  9. CENTRALSQUARE TECHNOLOGIES 1
  10. WESTAT 1

Top Industries

Job Categories

Top Locations

  1. BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 14
  2. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 7
  3. CATONSVILLE, MARYLAND 5
  4. HALETHORPE, MARYLAND 5
  5. COLUMBIA, MARYLAND 4

* Outcomes reflect graduates Steppingblocks could match to public career data, so totals may not represent every graduate in the program. Salary figures are based only on graduates with salary data available.

Tuition, Scholarships & Financial Aid

Find opportunities to further advance your career and academic studies.

UMBC participates in all federal and state student financial aid programs and offers scholarships and assistantships through the Graduate School, Graduate Departments and the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships.

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Start Your Graduate Admissions Application

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Check application decisions (6-8 weeks)

Please note that application decisions can take 6-8 weeks after the program’s deadline, and depend on how many applications a department receives. You will receive an email once the department processes your decision letter. You will be able to see your decision letter by logging in to the application website. Your decision letter will be where the application checklist was. You may also check your recommendation statuses to send reminders or update contact information from the user page. If you are having trouble logging back in, you can recover your account.

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Have Questions?

Please contact the appropriate Graduate School staff member for assistance, or contact our Main Office at gradschool@umbc.edu or 410-455-2537.

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Contact Information

User Experience Design Program Contacts

Main Contact

410-455-5693

Program Director - On Campus

Dr. Sreedevi Sampath
sampath@umbc.edu

Program Director - Online

Dr. James Foulds
jfoulds@umbc.edu

Program Coordinator

Shannon Carey
410-455-2650
shannoncarey@umbc.edu

UMBC Graduate School Admissions Office Contact Information

Mailing Address

UMBC Graduate School
1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, MD 21250

Admissions Staff

Staff are available from
Mon - Fri, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 410-455-2537

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Email Graduate Admissions at gradschool@umbc.edu.

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