Colleges in Maryland
Solyo has full profiles for 8 colleges in Maryland: 4 public, 4 private nonprofit. The median family here pays $18,809 a year after grant aid, $2,756 below the national median. Half of these schools admit more than 72% of applicants. They sit across 6 cities, concentrated in Baltimore, Annapolis, Chestertown.
What Maryland costs
Published in-state tuition at the median Maryland public university is $11,809 a year before aid. Residency is worth the most at University of Maryland-College Park, where an out-of-state family pays $29,377 more for the same degree.
After grants and scholarships the range runs from $15,678 at University of Maryland-College Park to $45,597 at St John's College. That spread is the reason a sticker price is a poor way to build a list in Maryland.
Why net price beats sticker price, and what an average one does and does not tell a particular family.
How selective Maryland schools are
Johns Hopkins University admits 6% of applicants and Salisbury University admits 87%. A list drawn only from the selective end of that range has no likely school in it, which is the most common mistake in a first draft.
The highest average SAT reported in Maryland is 1553 at Johns Hopkins University.
Every Maryland college profile
Ordered by selectivity, most selective first.
- Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland · Private nonprofit6% acceptance · $18,809 net price · 1553 avg SAT
- University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, Maryland · Public45% acceptance · $15,678 net price · 1473 avg SAT
- St John's CollegeAnnapolis, Maryland · Private nonprofit55% acceptance · $45,597 net price · 1372 avg SAT
- Washington CollegeChestertown, Maryland · Private nonprofit57% acceptance · $27,898 net price · 1280 avg SAT
- University of Maryland-Baltimore CountyBaltimore, Maryland · Public72% acceptance · $16,467 net price · 1323 avg SAT
- Loyola University MarylandBaltimore, Maryland · Private nonprofit75% acceptance · $30,574 net price · 1290 avg SAT
- Towson UniversityTowson, Maryland · Public82% acceptance · $17,413 net price · 1095 avg SAT
- Salisbury UniversitySalisbury, Maryland · Public87% acceptance · $17,743 net price · 1252 avg SAT
Other South states
On median net price Maryland is the 9th most affordable of the 17 South states in this directory, and the 9th most accessible on median acceptance rate. In-state pricing makes the neighbouring states worth checking too.
- Texas (17)
- Florida (12)
- Georgia (12)
- Virginia (12)
- North Carolina (11)
- Tennessee (8)
- South Carolina (7)
- Alabama (7)
- Kentucky (5)
- Louisiana (3)
- Oklahoma (3)
- District of Columbia (2)
- Mississippi (2)
- Delaware (1)
- West Virginia (1)
- Arkansas (1)
Where to go next
- College search filter Maryland and every other state by major, cost and selectivity
- How to read these numbers what each figure on a profile measures
- All 4 HBCUs in Maryland admission rates, net price and graduate earnings
- Scholarship directory awards with published odds, filterable by state
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