UMBC reviews

4.4

86% would recommend to a friend

(786 total reviews)
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Freeman A. Hrabowski

97% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

UMBC has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 786 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The UMBC employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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786 reviews
2.0
Apr 1, 2026
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Pros

**This review is for UMBC Training Centers org affiliated with UMBC not for the main campus** Fairly professional work environment; decent pay until they cut it by 10%

Cons

Struggling non-profit business in a struggling industry. They didn't do themselves any favors by letting a lot of their private sector business walk away in droves doing nothing about it. If you walk in their office, it is a abrasively depressing environment. Barely anyone left onsite except a couple paper pushers. It looks like a mostly shuttered operation with few to no classes going on. The few clients they have left are old legacy government clients they are struggling to keep. I saw the writing on the wall. This place is spinning out on a more rapid timeline thanks to the government shutdowns. Don't get me wrong, upper management are decent people, but terrible at navigating the business and industry they're in. In the business community I operated in during my time there, it was made clear they're pretty much irrelevant. A non-factor.

4.0
Mar 26, 2026

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Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Positive environment, Supportive people, Done

Cons

No Cons at all, I like it here

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