University of Maryland, College Park

College Park, MD

University of Maryland, College Park

College Park, MD

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Tuition & Fees

$14,219

$43,020

not including housing and food

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Test Scores

Average freshman score by percentile.

75th
740
25th
670
75th
780
25th
690
75th
35
25th
31
75th
34
25th
28
75th
34
25th
30
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undergraduateRatios

51%

male

49%

female

18

students

1

faculty

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Selective

44%

acceptance rate

Accepted 25,320
Declined 31,441
Total Received 56,761
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Public

30,353

undergraduate students

10,439

graduate students

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Location

School Facts

Founded in 1856, University of Maryland, College Park is a public land-grant research university that is known for its strong programs in engineering, business, and public policy. It is located on a 1,315-acre campus in College Park, Maryland—nine miles from downtown Washington, D.C.

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Application link Apply online
Public/private Public
Campus enrollment 40,792
Established in 1856
Coeducational Coeducational
Religious affiliation Other

1,315-acre campus in College Park (population: 32,303), nine miles from downtown Washington, DC, plus 2,438-acre agricultural extension; extensive programs at the University System campus at Shady Grove in Rockville. Served by train; major airport and bus serve Washington, DC; other airport serves Baltimore (25 miles). School operates transportation around College Park, Greenbelt, and Silver Spring, and other locations. Public transportation serves campus.

  • Campus Setting: Large town

University of Maryland, College Park
None
College Park, MD
20742-5025

Campus Life

yes
Housing available
39%
of undergraduates that live in campus-owned housing
92%
of freshmen that live in campus-owned housing
no
Students are not required to live in school housing
yes
Students may have cars on campus
yes
Alcohol is permitted on campus to students of legal age

Fun Facts

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% freshman classHigh School Class Rank

Top 1/10
69%
Top 1/4
89%
Top 1/2
99%
Bottom 1/2
1%
Bottom 1/4
0%

Test Scores

Average freshman score by percentile.

75th
740
25th
670
75th
780
25th
690
75th
35
25th
31
75th
34
25th
28
75th
34
25th
30

Admissions Facts

Application fee $75
Admissions interview (required or recommended) Neither
Application deadline (priority deadline) November 1
Application deadline (final deadline) January 20
School has early action program Yes
Early action program application deadline November 1
SAT/ACT requirements SAT or ACT Required

Selective

44%

acceptance rate

Accepted 25,320
Declined 31,441
Total Received 56,761

Admissions Factors

Required

Recommendations
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
Secondary School Record

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Counseling services

  • Academic
  • Birth control
  • Career
  • Minority student
  • Older student
  • Personal
  • Psychological
  • Veteran student

Remedial services offered

  • Math
  • Other
  • Reading
  • Study skills
  • Writing

Career placement services

  • Alumni network
  • Career/job search classes
  • Co-op education
  • Interest inventory
  • Internships
  • Interview training
  • On-campus job interviews
  • Resume assistance

Percent of the campus accessible to physically disabled students

Not Reported

Additional services

  • Day care
  • Health insurance
  • Health service
  • Nonremedial tutoring
  • Women's Center

Special programs for physically disabled students

  • Adaptive equipment
  • Braille services
  • Interpreters for hearing-impaired
  • Note-taking services
  • Other
  • Reader services
  • Special housing
  • Special transportation
  • Talking books
  • Tape recorders

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Financial Aid

63%

Of undergraduate students
receiving financial aid

$11,409

Average financial aid

Cost

in-state out-of-state
Tuition $11,505
Housing $9,228
Food $6,508
Additional fees $2,714
Books & supplies $1,250
Total $31,205
Average Financial Aid - $11,409
Total with Avg. Aid $19,796

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Financial Aid Office


P: 888 313-2404
F: 301 405-9265
umfinaid@umd.edu

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Varsity Sports

M W
Baseball yes
Basketball yes yes
Field hockey yes
Football yes
Golf yes yes
Gymnastics yes
Lacrosse yes yes
Soccer yes yes
Softball yes
Tennis yes
Track and field indoor yes
Track and field x country yes
Volleyball yes
Wrestling yes

Club Sports - Men's

badminton, ballroom dancing, barbell, baseball, basketball, boxing, Brazilian jujitsu, climbing, crew, cricket, cycling, dodgeball, equestrian sports, fencing, field hockey, figure skating, fishing, flag football, golf, ice hockey, karate, lacrosse, martial arts, paintball, racquetball, rugby, running, sailing, soccer, squash, swimming, table tennis, tennis, triathlon, ultimate Frisbee, volleyball, water polo, wrestling, Wushu

Club Sports - Women's

badminton, ballroom dancing, barbell, basketball, boxing, Brazilian jujitsu, climbing, crew, cycling, dodgeball, equestrian sports, fencing, field hockey, figure skating, fishing, flag football, gymnastics, ice hockey, karate, lacrosse, martial arts, paintball, racquetball, rugby, running, sailing, soccer, softball, squash, swimming, table tennis, tennis, triathlon, ultimate Frisbee, volleyball, water polo, Wushu

Intramural/Recreational Sports

badminton, basketball, corn hole, dodgeball, flag football, futsal, goalball, handball, Kan Jam, kickball, lacrosse, pickleball, racquetball, soccer, softball, spikeball, table tennis, tennis, volleyball (indoor/sand), walleyball

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Athletic Facts

Athletic conference memberships
Big Ten Conference

Majors

Assc. Bach. Mast. Doct.
Accounting yes yes
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering, General yes yes yes
Agricultural Engineering yes yes yes
Agricultural Teacher Education yes yes
Anthropology, General yes yes yes
Apparel and Textiles, General yes yes
Applied Mathematics, General yes yes
Applied and Professional Ethics yes
Arabic Language and Literature yes
Art History, Criticism and Conservation yes yes yes
Art Teacher Education yes
Astronomy yes yes yes
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General yes yes yes
Biochemistry yes yes yes
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering yes yes
Biological and Physical Sciences yes yes
Biological/Biosystems Engineering yes
Biology/Biological Sciences, General yes yes yes
Biophysics yes yes
Business Administration and Management, General yes yes
Business Statistics yes
Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education yes
Business/Commerce, General yes yes
Chemical Engineering yes yes yes
Chemical Physics yes yes
Chemistry, General yes yes yes
Chinese Language and Literature yes
Civil Engineering, General yes yes yes
Communication Sciences and Disorders, General yes yes
Community Health and Preventive Medicine yes yes
Comparative Literature yes yes
Computer Engineering, General yes
Computer Engineering, Other yes
Computer Programming/Programmer, General yes
Computer Science yes yes yes
Computer and Information Sciences, General yes yes yes
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services yes yes
Creative Writing yes
Criminology yes yes yes
Curriculum and Instruction yes yes
Dance, General yes yes
Developmental and Child Psychology yes
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General yes
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other yes
Ecology yes
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics yes yes yes
Economics, General yes yes
Education, General yes yes
Educational Assessment, Testing, and Measurement yes yes
Educational Leadership and Administration, General yes yes
Educational Psychology yes yes
Educational Statistics and Research Methods yes yes
Electrical and Electronics Engineering yes yes yes
Elementary Education and Teaching yes yes
Engineering, General yes yes
Engineering, Other yes yes yes
Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, Other yes
English Language and Literature, General yes yes yes
English/Language Arts Teacher Education yes
Entomology yes yes yes
Environmental Health yes
Epidemiology yes
Exercise Science and Kinesiology yes yes yes
Family Resource Management Studies, General yes
Family and Community Services yes yes yes
Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education yes
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General yes
Film/Cinema/Media Studies yes
Finance, General yes yes
Financial Mathematics yes
Fine/Studio Arts, General yes yes
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General yes
Foodservice Systems Administration/Management yes yes
Foreign Language Teacher Education yes
French Language and Literature yes yes
Geographic Information Science and Cartography yes yes yes
Geology/Earth Science, General yes yes yes
German Language and Literature yes yes yes
Health Services Administration yes yes
Health Teacher Education yes yes yes
History, General yes yes yes
Housing and Human Environments, General yes
Housing and Human Environments, Other yes
Human Computer Interaction yes
Information Science/Studies yes yes yes
Information Technology yes
International Business/Trade/Commerce yes
International Relations and Affairs yes
Iranian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics yes
Italian Language and Literature yes
Japanese Language and Literature yes
Jewish/Judaic Studies yes
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching yes
Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching yes
Latin Language and Literature yes
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies yes
Library and Information Science yes
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services, Other yes yes
Linguistics yes yes yes
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management yes
Management Science yes
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other yes
Marketing/Marketing Management, General yes
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling yes
Materials Engineering yes yes yes
Maternal and Child Health yes
Mathematics Teacher Education yes
Mathematics, General yes yes yes
Mechanical Engineering yes yes yes
Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation yes
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other yes yes
Music Performance, General yes
Music Teacher Education yes
Music, General yes yes yes
Musicology and Ethnomusicology yes yes
Neuroscience yes yes yes
Nuclear Engineering yes yes
Philosophy yes yes
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching yes yes yes
Physics, General yes yes yes
Political Science and Government, General yes yes yes
Pre-Law Studies yes
Psychology, General yes yes yes
Public Health, General yes
Public Health, Other yes
Public Policy Analysis, General yes yes yes
Religion/Religious Studies yes
Russian Language and Literature yes yes
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education yes
Secondary Education and Teaching yes yes
Signal/Geospatial Intelligence yes
Social Studies Teacher Education yes
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education yes
Sociology, General yes yes yes
Spanish Language and Literature yes yes yes
Special Education and Teaching, General yes yes yes
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist yes
Statistics, General yes yes
Sustainability Studies yes yes
Systems Engineering yes
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, Other yes
Technical Teacher Education yes
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology yes
Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education yes yes
Telecommunications Engineering yes
Theatre Literature, History and Criticism yes yes
Urban Studies/Affairs yes

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Most Popular Majors

  1. Biological Sciences
  2. Computer Science
  3. Economics

Programs Offered

  • Accelerated study
  • Certificate programs
  • Distance Learning
  • Double majors
  • Dual degrees
  • External degree program
  • Honors program
  • Independent study
  • Internships
  • Pass/fail grading option
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Self-designed majors

Cooperative Education Programs

  • Engineering

Pre-professional Programs

  • Other
  • Pre-dentistry
  • Pre-law
  • Pre-medicine
  • Pre-optometry
  • Pre-pharmacy
  • Pre-veterinary science

40,792

total students

72%

in-state

28%

out-of-state

Undergraduate

Graduate

74%

30,353
students

Female
49%
14,940

Male
51%
15,413

26%

10,439
students

Female
49%
5,090

Male
51%
5,349

undergraduateFull-time

undergraduatePart-time

92%

28,069
students

Female
50%
13,960

Male
50%
14,109

8%

2,284
students

Female
43%
980

Male
57%
1,304

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Student Break-down

3%
Nonresident aliens
12%
Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
< 1%
Native American or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic/Latino
22%
Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
10%
Hispanic/Latino
41%
White, non-Hispanic/Latino
4%
Race and/or ethnicity unknown
4%
Two or more races, non-Hispanic/Latino
< 1%
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino

Transfer Enrollment

Not Reported

Transfer applicants enrolled

Not Reported

Students are transfer students

Transfer Requirements

Minimum requirements College GPA: 3.00
High school transcript Required of Some
College transcript(s) Required of All
Essay or personal statement Required of All
Interview Not Required/Recommended
Standardized test scores Required of Some
Statement of good standing from prior institution(s) Required of All

Transfer Application Deadline

Fall: June 1

Spring: November 15

Transfer Credits

Maximum transferred

90

semester hours

Minimum transfers must complete

30

semester hours

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International Students

Number of foreign countries represented by degree-seeking undergraduate non-resident aliens 79
Countries most often represented China
India
Malaysia
South Korea
Taiwan
Vietnam
Special services offered for international applicants ESL program/classes
English lab
International student center
Other
Special counselors/advisors
Special orientation

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