Finish Your Degree at UMBC
You’ve earned significant credits toward your UMBC degree. Let’s get you what you need to finish.
Our Finish Line program has been designed to bring UMBC students back to campus for degree completion. If you’re a past student that wants to take advantage of courses you’ve already completed to get your diploma, this is where you can get what you need. See what you need to get started, including the readmission application, FAFSA, and scheduling appointments with dedicated advisors.
Join the info session on June 25, 2025
It’s Easier than Ever to Take Classes at UMBC
UMBC offers hundreds of classes online, from general education courses to major requirements. Now there’s an opportunity for you to come back and finish your degree with fewer trips to campus.
Here’s a sample of available online or hybrid courses:
- Foreign Language Courses
- Math and Statistics Courses
- Science Courses (including Lab Courses)
- Writing-Intensive Courses
- Elective Courses
- Upper-Level Courses
- Major Courses Capstone
- Research, and Independent Study Course
- Summer & Winter courses (also available in condensed formats)
A New Degree Built Just for You
Our lives rarely follow a linear path, and so we know that the degree you started earning at UMBC may not be the degree you need now. That’s why we’re proud to announce that we’ve just created a brand new degree track within our Individualized Study Program for Finish Line students like you.
The new Multidisciplinary Studies program will allow you to design your curriculum semester-by-semester with the guidance of a faculty advisor, which sets you up to create a customized degree that fits where you want to go in your career. Find out more about the MDST Track.
Dedicated Support Staff
We’ve created a designated team to support you as you go through the readmission process:
- Academic advisor to assist you with degree requirements and course selection questions
- Admissions advisor to guide you through the readmission process
- Success coach to help you with student-work-life balance, before, during, and after you enroll
- Financial aid counselor to help you understand your funding options
Straight from the Finish Line
See what our Finish Line students have to say about their experience.
Christopher Lee
Psychology
UX Content Strategist for Facebook
Returned to UMBC in Fall 2020
“Despite the fact that I took a slightly different pathway to where I’m headed, and someone else might take a less winding route—I’m glad there’s a system at UMBC to support that.”
Kelly Broderick
Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies
Returned to UMBC in Fall 2020
“For me, this is a personal thing. I just want to know I can finish my degree. Although I’ve mostly moved past the point in my career where it affects me to not have a degree, because of my experience, I’m excited to not have that be a hurdle in my future job search.”
Sheila Abellano
Psychology
Returned to UMBC in Fall 2021
“Just knowing that UMBC had created a program for returning students like me, gave me the motivation I needed to keep going.”