Umpleby received degrees in engineering in 1967, in political science in 1967 and 1969, and in communications in 1975 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Umpleby received degrees in engineering in 1967, in political science in 1967 and in 1969. He also received a degree in 1975 in communications from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.