by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
College of Southern Maryland was awarded 1 badge in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general business/commerce.
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College Factual ranked CSM as #982 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when CSM held the #1,105 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 35 colleges in Maryland, CSM is ranked at #21.
Since College of Southern Maryland has an open admissions policy, being accepted to the school isn't that hard. However, a full basic things - such as a high school diploma or equivalent - may be required. Also, go over your application to make sure it is complete before you submit it.
With a student to faculty ratio of 16 to 1, College of Southern Maryland is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at College of Southern Maryland is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at College of Southern Maryland is 66%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,164 undergraduates at CSM with 2,001 being full-time and 4,163 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $3,435 | $4,983 | $7,180 | $8,722 | $10,593 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of CSM, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At CSM, approximately 68% of students took out student loans averaging $5,407 a year. That adds up to $21,628 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for CSM are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 8730 Mitchell Rd, La Plata, MD 20646-0910 |
| Phone: | 301-934-2251 |
| Website: | www.csmd.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Drafting & Design Engineering Technology | 828 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 828 | NA |
| Communication & Media Studies | 255 | NA |
| Nursing | 102 | NA |
| General Business/Commerce | 81 | NA |
| Information Technology | 73 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 67 | NA |
| Computer Information Systems | 62 | NA |
| Accounting | 30 | NA |
| General Engineering | 30 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 3,783 students took at least one online class at College of Southern Maryland. This is a decrease from the 5,163 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 3,783 | 1,576 |
| 2021-2022 | 5,163 | 2,699 |
| 2020-2021 | 6,097 | 5,522 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,112 | 979 |
Learn more about online learning at College of Southern Maryland.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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