by our College Data Analytics Team
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University of Maryland - College Park was awarded 416 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is elementary education.
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College Factual ranked UMCP as #42 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 5% of all schools in the nation.
UMCP is also ranked #2 out of 36 schools in Maryland.
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University of Maryland - College Park has an acceptance rate of 52%, 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 UMCP.
About 34% of students accepted to UMCP submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 650 and 730. Math scores were between 680 and 780.
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With a student to faculty ratio of 18 to 1, University of Maryland - College Park 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.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Maryland - College Park is 80%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
University of Maryland - College Park has a freshmen retention rate of 95%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At UMCP the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 69%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 30,875 undergraduates at UMCP with 28,160 being full-time and 2,715 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $6,067 | $11,567 | $17,360 | $23,215 | $26,001 |
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 UMCP, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At UMCP, approximately 22% of students took out student loans averaging $8,722 a year. That adds up to $34,888 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UMCP is 1.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for UMCP are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Phone: | 301-405-1000 |
| Website: | www.umd.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/UnivofMaryland |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/UofMaryland |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | 810 | NA |
| Information Science | 642 | $67,391 |
| General Biology | 536 | $24,993 |
| Economics | 432 | $49,898 |
| Public Health | 405 | $37,791 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 384 | $66,615 |
| General Psychology | 356 | $31,658 |
| Criminology | 335 | $36,992 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 331 | $69,594 |
| Political Science & Government | 319 | $42,670 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 13,547 students took at least one online class at University of Maryland - College Park. This is a decrease from the 37,981 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 13,547 | 1,847 |
| 2019-2020 | 37,981 | 23,231 |
| 2018-2019 | 7,797 | 989 |
| 2017-2018 | 5,087 | 949 |
| 2016-2017 | 4,697 | 876 |
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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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