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University of Maryland, College Park

Basic Information

Type Public
Population 4,500,000
Map of the United States

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 30,246
Men / Women 51% / 49%
White 37%
Asian 19%
Black 14%
Hispanic 12%
Mixed 5%
International 3%
Native American 0%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Engineering, Computing & Math 35%
Humanities & Social Sciences 25%
Life & Natural Sciences 18%
Business & Economics 16%
Arts 4%
Education 2%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $12,290
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $42,053
Est. In-State Cost $15,898
Est. Out-of-State Cost $54,400
10-Year ROI $292,000
ROI Percentile 97th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 96%
4-Year Graduation Rate 77%
6-Year Graduation Rate 89%
Transfer-Out Rate 8%

Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71th pctl)
Sunshine Hours 2,580 (49th pctl)
Days Without Precipitation 250 (58th pctl)
Muggyness Nice

Admissions

Acceptance Rate 42%
Yield (Unbound) 22%
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R1
Expenditure
Humanities & Social Sciences $82M #10
Engineering, Computing & Math $320M #16
Life & Natural Sciences $1,037M #21
Graduate Degrees
Engineering, Computing & Math 202 #17
Humanities & Social Sciences 224 #106
Life & Natural Sciences 202 #143

Honors College

Name Honors College
Students 4,200 (14%)

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy test_optional
Submitted Test Scores 49%
SAT Range 1,400 – 1,530
ACT Range 32 – 35

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
A. James Clark School of Engineering 917 77% / 23% 2% $97,739
Aerospace Engineering 130 83% / 17% 3% $102,338
Agricultural and Biological Engineering 88 41% / 59% 0% $101,982
Biomedical Engineering 5 80% / 20% 0%
Chemical Engineering 39 59% / 41% 0% $88,868
Civil Engineering 118 74% / 26% 2% $86,960
Computer Engineering 94 88% / 12% 4%
Cyber-Physical Systems Engineering 4 75% / 25% 25%
Electrical Engineering 99 88% / 12% 3% $103,902
Fire Protection Engineering 26 69% / 31% 4% $88,736
Materials Engineering 12 58% / 42% 0%
Mechanical Engineering 302 83% / 17% 1% $98,636
Mechatronics Engineering
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources 291 36% / 64% 2% $59,014
Agriculture 15 47% / 53% 7% $61,005
Animal Sciences 56 23% / 77% 0% $54,475
Ecology 112 31% / 69% 0% $53,194
Environmental Science 45 49% / 51% 0% $62,838
Food Science 25 20% / 80% 8% $66,757
Plant Science 6 +1 33% / 67% 0%
Pre-Veterinary Studies 7 14% / 86% 14%
Agricultural Economics 25 80% / 20% 8% $79,438
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Arts and Humanities 489 36% / 64% 1% $54,605
African American Studies 3 +1 33% / 67% 0% $57,600
American Studies 5 +1 40% / 60% 0% $62,062
Applied and Professional Ethics 55 +5 42% / 58% 0% $57,162
Arabic 9 56% / 44% 0%
Chinese 3 +2 100% / 0% 0% $67,108
Classics 6 +1 33% / 67% 0%
English 103 +11 26% / 74% 1% $56,168
French 6 +6 33% / 67% 0% $54,850
German 2 +3 100% / 0% 0%
History 59 +8 68% / 32% 0% $53,317
Italian
Japanese 9 44% / 56% 0% $67,108
Jewish Studies 2 0% / 100% 0%
Linguistics 14 +1 50% / 50% 0% $61,759
Persian 1 100% / 0% 0%
Philosophy 13 +2 62% / 38% 0% $57,162
Romance Languages 2 0% / 100% 0% $54,850
Russian 4 +2 50% / 50% 0%
Spanish 19 +8 21% / 79% 5% $54,850
Women's Studies 5 0% / 100% 0% $57,600
Art History 12 +4 8% / 92% 0% $54,464
Dance 11 +3 0% / 100% 0%
Film Studies 21 +6 57% / 43% 0%
Music 10 70% / 30% 0% $47,627
Music Performance 26 38% / 62% 0% $47,627
Studio Art 71 +4 14% / 86% 1% $54,464
Theatre 18 +1 28% / 72% 0% $37,169
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences 1,362 36% / 64% 2% $69,462
Economics 250 +20 70% / 30% 6% $83,555
Anthropology 26 +4 42% / 58% 0% $59,680
Criminology 290 +24 29% / 71% 3% $66,870
Developmental and Child Psychology 33 +2 18% / 82% 0%
Geographic Information Science and Cartography 24 +2 54% / 46% 0% $74,068
Political Science 254 +22 44% / 56% 2% $76,560
Psychology 395 +25 16% / 84% 1% $60,788
Sociology 90 +8 34% / 66% 3% $58,310
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences 1,168 43% / 57% 3% $76,682
Astronomy 17 +6 59% / 41% 0%
Human Computer Interaction 1 0% / 100% 0%
Mathematics 185 +35 68% / 32% 6% $97,699
Physics 63 +4 75% / 25% 11% $106,533
Atmospheric and Oceanic Science 18 61% / 39% 0%
Biochemistry 42 43% / 57% 0% $52,232
Biology 428 +4 36% / 64% 2% $69,254
Chemistry 41 39% / 61% 2% $75,430
Communication Sciences and Disorders 50 +1 2% / 98% 0% $67,385
Geosciences 8 75% / 25% 0%
Kinesiology 179 +1 41% / 59% 1% $70,306
Neuroscience 107 +1 26% / 74% 5%
Interdisciplinary Studies 15 13% / 87% 0% $83,036
Sustainability Studies 14 57% / 43% 7%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Education 164 17% / 83% 1% $58,176
Family Science 55 +5 20% / 80% 2% $54,155
Early Childhood Education 21 0% / 100% 0% $58,859
Elementary Education 42 7% / 93% 0% $58,859
Middle School Education 7 14% / 86% 0% $58,859
Secondary Education 17 +2 47% / 53% 0% $58,859
Special Education 6 0% / 100% 0% $62,242
Art Education 2 +1 0% / 100% 0% $66,767
Music Education 14 36% / 64% 0% $66,767
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Information Studies 1,678 72% / 28% 4% $109,409
Computer Science 948 +8 78% / 22% 6%
Information Science 702 +88 66% / 34% 3% $109,409
Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation 28 29% / 71% 0%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Philip Merrill College of Journalism 361 35% / 65% 1% $70,659
Communication 253 +5 36% / 64% 2% $72,863
Journalism 108 +4 31% / 69% 0% $65,498
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Robert H. Smith School of Business 971 51% / 49% 3% $105,766
Accounting 134 +5 44% / 56% 5% $93,604
Business Administration 145 +36 51% / 49% 5% $123,045
Business Analytics 65 +44 52% / 48% 3% $105,926
Finance 359 +30 65% / 35% 3% $112,113
International Business 24 +12 21% / 79% 0% $83,160
Marketing 193 +47 28% / 72% 1% $87,614
Supply Chain Management 51 +40 61% / 39% 6% $123,045
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation 153 54% / 46% 7% $72,443
Real Estate 15 60% / 40% 0%
Architecture 138 53% / 47% 7% $72,443
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
School of Public Health 389 15% / 85% 2% $77,442
Public Health 316 15% / 85% 3% $77,442
Community Health Education 73 +2 12% / 88% 0% $77,442
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
School of Public Policy 93 40% / 60% 2% $98,730
Public Policy 93 +8 40% / 60% 2% $98,730

Rankings

Prestige

I Peaked in AP Calc But Now I Get Priority Registration Top 15 Honors Colleges
I Only Came Here For The Better Dorms And Free Printing

My Tribe

Little Meca Most Muslim
Active Community

Engineering, Computing & Math

Chat-GPT? Claude? I can do better. Artificial Intelligence
Sticking to the CS Guns (For Now)
No, I Can't Fix Your Printer Computer Science
LeetCode Sweatshops
import pandas as pd Data Science
Jupyter Notebook Jockeys
Have You Tried Turning It Off and On Again? Information Technology
Cybersecurity & Cloud Titans
The "I Understand Interstellar" Elite Physics & Astronomy
Quantum Leap
No Words Allowed Pure Mathematics
Equation Elegance
p < 0.05 Statistics
The "Wanted to Code but Couldn't" Club
It Actually IS Rocket Science Aerospace Engineering
Rocket Scientists
Farming with Numbers Biological & Agricultural Engineering
Growing Strong
It's Not About Molecules, It's About Pipes Chemical Engineering
Polymer Whisperers & Battery Bros
Playing House Civil Engineering
Hard Hat Ready
Half-CS, Half-EE, Full Depression Computer Engineering
Firmware Gods
Resistance Is Not Futile Electrical Engineering
Dangerously Grounded
Is It a Solid? Is It a Liquid? Yes. Materials Engineering
Solid State
WD-40 & Duct Tape Mechanical Engineering & Robotics
The Defense Budget Beneficiaries

Life & Natural Sciences

Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room Biology
Cell Division
Breaking Bad Chemistry
Policy, Pharma & Forensics Faction
Rocks and Whales Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Ocean Explorers
Doomsday Prepping with Data Environmental Science
Green Scholars
Better Eating Through Chemistry Food Science & Nutrition
Beakers and Bagels
Talk About a Career Phonoaudiology
SLP Specialists
Farmers, Cowboys, and Tree Huggers Plant & Agricultural Systems
Harvest Season

Business & Economics

PowerPoint Presentation Power Rankings Business Administration
Regional Boardroom Rulers
Pivot Tables & Missing Pallets Business Analytics
SQL Slingers
It's Basic Supply and Demand, Bro Economics
Capitol Hill Policy Wonks
Wolf of Wall Street Prep Finance
Fortune 500 Feeders

Humanities & Social Sciences

Professional Yapping Communication & Journalism
State-Funded Media Monoliths
Much Ado About Nothing English, Literature & Writing
Page Turners
Model UN Generation Government & Politics
Caucus Crew
Hindsight is 20/20 (And So is My Salary) History & Archaeology
The Time Travelers
Future Lawyers (and Their Future Anxiety) Law
FBI Most Wanted... To Hire
I Want To Understand Myself Psychology
Cubicle Whisperers
Everything is a Construct Sociology & Anthropology
Survey Says
Grammar Police Academy World Languages & Linguistics
Syntax Scholars

Education

No Johnny, Don't Eat Your Buggers Early Education
Sandbox Specialists
Surviving PTA Karens General Education
Lesson Planners
Hablas Pedagogy? Languages Education
ESL Squad
History Repeats Itself Social Sciences Education
Map and Map Quest
Everyone Gets a Medal Special Education
Differentiated Instruction
Show Your Work, Then Teach It STEM Education
Math Whisperers

Arts

Sleep Deprivation by Design Architecture
Building Blocks

Professional

Future Firefighters, Paramedics, and Emergency Managers Public Safety
Five-Alarm Programs