Qualla: University of Baltimore

University of Baltimore: Introduction

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Photo credit Ilovecollegepark, CC0. When the University of Baltimore opened in October 1925, classes met in a four-story rowhouse on St. Paul Street. The student body consisted entirely of working people taking night courses. The institution had been founded by a group of Baltimore business professionals who recognized a specific gap in the city's higher education landscape: the University of Maryland's professional schools downtown and Johns Hopkins's Homewood campus served full-time daytime students with college degrees and the means to pay for them. The working clerks, shopkeepers, secretaries, and tradesmen who wanted to advance their careers had nowhere to go. UBalt was designed for exactly those people. A century later, the institution is still defined by the same mission - now in a substantial cluster of buildings in the Mount Vernon cultural district, but still oriented toward the working adult who needs school to be flexible, accessible, and useful.

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University of Baltimore: From Rowhouse to Campus

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Photo credit langsdalelibrary, CC BY-SA 2.0. The first day classes were added in 1937. A junior college program followed shortly after. The 1970s brought a wave of consolidations: UBalt merged with Eastern College, the Mount Vernon School of Law, and Baltimore College of Commerce. Thomas Granville Pullen's presidency in the...

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University of Baltimore: Mount Vernon Campus

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Photo credit en:User:Steelplug, Public domain. The main campus sits at the intersection of Mount Royal Avenue and North Charles Street, surrounded by some of Baltimore's most distinctive cultural buildings. The Lyric Opera House is two blocks east; the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, home of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, ...

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University of Baltimore: The Law School

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Photo credit Marylandstater, Public domain. The University of Baltimore School of Law is one of only two law schools in Maryland - the other is the University of Maryland's Francis King Carey School of Law in West Baltimore. UBalt Law's evening program, designed for working students, has been one of the defining features o...

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University of Baltimore: An Accessible Public University

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Photo credit langsdalelibrary, CC BY-SA 2.0. Admission to UBalt is genuinely open. In 2024, the university accepted 85.5 percent of undergraduate applicants. The average enrolled student had a 2.89 high school GPA. Standardized test scores are not required but are considered if submitted. The admissions philosophy is the mo...

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University of Baltimore: Knowledge That Works

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Photo credit langsdalelibrary, CC BY-SA 2.0. The university's slogan, adopted in the mid-2000s, is Knowledge That Works - a phrase that captures both the institution's century-long focus and its frequent tension with peer institutions over funding. UBalt has historically been a traditionally white institution while Morgan S...

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