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The University of Baltimore provides a rich ground for diverse and culturally different individuals to assimilate and grow in terms of professional and personal development. I have found the College of Public affairs to be an amazing resource not just for domestic students but as well as international students who are both adjusting to life in the United States and pursing education towards a degree in the international studies field. Many resources are available on campus, with a list of directories... Read More on the school site that provide a wide variety of assistance in terms of job searching, housing, financial aid, and career workshops.

The first thing you will notice is the general apathy of the administration. I've had colleagues who have gotten bad first impressions when asking questions looking to go to school here and then decide not to go. The clincher for why I give it one star was due to a situation with a mentally unstable professor that was mishandled. I simply asked her why I received the grade I did on an assignment out in the hallway just outside her office after class as I caught up with her. The grade was lower than... Read More expected, and she provided no written comments. For some reason or another, she couldn't discuss the matter at that moment, and the discussion moved over to email the following day. So, then she completely flipped out and told me she didn't appreciate the way I antagonistically approached her. I had totally no idea where that came from. After I few of these types of emails exchanges, I decided this lady was a nutcase and that the situation needed to be escalated. So, a meeting was scheduled with her department head. His secretary sat in on the meeting and took notes. At the end of the discussion, she said "I think I know what's going on here.", looking at the department head as she was saying it and ignoring me. Apparently, I wasn't privy to what that meant. Then, she left the room leaving me alone with the department head, and I found out what it meant. What happened next is I was the department head started attacking me and trying to bully me into submission to protect his colleague. So, then I went to the acting dean. The acting dean was really nice. What I got out of the conversation with the acting dean was that they presented it to him that I was a hostile and threatening person, but once he met with me in person (which the department head and the teacher hadn't counted on), he could see they lied and that that wasn't the case. He worked with me to come to a workable solution, which included getting out of the class. Soon afterward (I'd say the following semester or so), the professor was no longer at the school. I'm really not surprised this happened. This was only the first or second week of class, and there had already been another incident where she way overreacted by slamming something on the table when someone's cell phone accidentally went off in class. Her reaction was such that is scared the class. Later in the semester, a couple of the students that were in my class work group and with who I shared the incident wrote to me expressing that I was right. My boss read the emails and said "This lady has some issues." Years later, I kept receiving solicitations to donate money to the school. I finally wrote them and told them to stop sending the solicitations citing this incident and also mentioned that I would not be recommending the school to anyone for the way it was handled. Soon after, someone in administration cyberstalked me by looking at my LinkedIn profile. The view came over as "hidden profile by staff at University of Baltimore". My guess is they wanted to see if I was holding a position of power to determine if my bad recommendation would affect them.

I can clearly see that the majority of these reviews were written by individuals who were never students. I am writing this review due to the poor treatment that I received as on online graduate student in the Master of Public Administration program. I was harassed, bullied and forced to drop out because I stood up to a professor. Additionally, I was singled out and victim of arbitrary grading by the most egregious people in the teaching profession. I recently retained a lawyer and in the process... Read More of filing a civil suit against my oppressors in US District Court. The $30,000 in student loans which I took out to attend the University of Baltimore have caused me financial ruin and these people will pay. After three years of graduate school, I have no degree and no ability to obtain a career within the field that I so heavily invested.

Today I am a 23 year old business owner who is undergoing her M.B.A, and I owe a great deal of where I am today to the incredible education I received at the University of Baltimore. At UB I was exposed to mentors, business owners, professors and like minded peers who pushed me to work extremely hard to create and innovate. I formed Blondell Entertainment LLC, while in undergrad, where I handle my music career ( Shelby Blondell) from start to finish. Because of networking and learning from renown... Read More professionals I have been able to do run my business and further my career.

This is a very affordable city campused college. UB is a small knit community that provides the foundation for students to succeed. With a wide array of diverse students, the student experience really creates and atmosphere of knowledge that works. The school is located where there are many transit options as well as parking in street and UB garage. The faculty do support the students and create a scholarly environment. The school is committed to becoming a sustainable school with having various... Read More green programs like having gardens and a city orchard that is maintained by students. As an anchor institution, UB is an important partner in the community and supports the area as well. The only negative aspect is the Financial Aid staff are not trained well, do not seem to have the same idea of helping students to succeed. Nonetheless, UB is truly where things happen and dreams can be fulfilled.

UB was a waste of money and time. There is a very limited selection of courses and the times are very scattered- it is impossible to find courses that meet one after another so you have to plan on being on campus every day of the week if you are full-time. Classes are in no way demanding and peers behave as if it is high school- talking on phones, arguing with professors, talking over professors. It seems more like a 4 year community college. The law and business schools receive all of the funding;... Read More the liberal arts schools are archaic, noisy, and uncomfortable. Crime is rising on the streets that border campus. There are other colleges in (Towson) that have similar tuition with much more demanding courses and respected degrees (UB is not respected at all when it comes to hiring or applying to graduate school).