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.
Coppin State University was awarded 10 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is criminal justice & corrections.
Explore the best ranked schools for the programs you are most interested in.
According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, Coppin is ranked #1,786 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Coppin held the #1,799 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Coppin also holds the #34 spot on the Best Colleges in Maryland ranking.
Coppin State University has an acceptance rate of 45%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for Coppin.
About 4% of students accepted to Coppin submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 450 and 520. Math scores were between 410 and 520.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Coppin it is much better at 10 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
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 Coppin State University is 56%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Coppin State University this rate is 62%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 12% for first-time, full-time students at Coppin, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Coppin State University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,108 undergraduates at Coppin with 1,606 being full-time and 502 being part-time.
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 Coppin, 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 Coppin, approximately 45% of students took out student loans averaging $5,171 a year. That adds up to $20,684 over four years for those students.
See which majors at Coppin State University make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Coppin State University.
Contact details for Coppin are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2500 West North Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21216-3698 |
| Phone: | 410-951-3000 |
| Website: | www.coppin.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 82 | $76,661 |
| General Psychology | 42 | $33,312 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 39 | $31,419 |
| Business Administration & Management | 27 | NA |
| Social Work | 27 | $37,612 |
| Health/Medical Prep Programs | 15 | $43,930 |
| General Biology | 13 | $21,151 |
| General Social Sciences | 13 | NA |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 12 | $54,613 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 12 | 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, 1,140 students took at least one online class at Coppin State University. This is a decrease from the 1,201 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,140 | 260 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,201 | 215 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,253 | 140 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,178 | 123 |
Learn more about online learning at Coppin State University.
If you’re considering Coppin State University, here are some more schools you may be interested in knowing more about.
Curious on how these schools stack up against Coppin? Pit them head to head with College Combat, our free interactive tool that lets you compare college on the features that matter most to you!
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.
References
More about our data sources and methodologies.