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Coppin State University was awarded 200 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is criminal justice & corrections.
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College Factual ranked Coppin as #1,799 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list.
Coppin is also ranked #32 out of 36 schools in Maryland.
If you're applying to Coppin State University you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 48%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 8% 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 410 and 530. Math scores were between 370 and 530.
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 51%. This is comparable to 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 57%, 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%.
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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 42% of students took out student loans averaging $5,546 a year. That adds up to $22,184 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Coppin is 11.5%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.
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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/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/coppinstateuniversity |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/coppinstateuniv |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 62 | $68,850 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 54 | $40,850 |
| Business Administration & Management | 31 | NA |
| Social Work | 26 | $35,991 |
| Health/Medical Prep Programs | 25 | NA |
| General Psychology | 25 | $28,488 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 20 | $39,341 |
| Accounting | 13 | NA |
| General Biology | 11 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 11 | $45,501 |
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 2020-2021, 1,201 students took at least one online class at Coppin State University. This is a decrease from the 1,253 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,201 | 215 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,253 | 140 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,230 | 163 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,178 | 123 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,191 | 141 |
Learn more about online learning at Coppin State University.
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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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