The average acceptance rate of the 11 public Maryland colleges that have competitive admission is 74.55% for the academic year 2024-2025. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 2.47%. The acceptance rate at 1 public Maryland colleges increased and the rate of 10 colleges decreased.
University of Maryland-College Park has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 44.79%. Coppin State University (45.83%) and St. Mary's College of Maryland (68.63%) are following it in the list of Tightest Maryland Public Colleges to Get In.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
University of Maryland-College Park stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Coppin State University also maintained its second place in the ranking.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $25,866 and graduate tuition & fees is $21,014 for the academic year 2024-2025.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.| School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - | University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MDPublic, 4-year | 44.79% 0.05% | 21.63% | 1,465 | $41,186 ($11,809) | 41,725 | 89.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 2 - | Coppin State University Baltimore, MDPublic, 4-year | 45.83% 3.73% | 11.76% | 975 | $14,024 ($7,100) | 2,210 | 26.00% | 12 to 1 |
| 3 1 | St. Mary's College of Maryland St. Mary's City, MDPublic, 4-year | 68.63% 6.76% | 17.27% | 1,250 | $31,374 ($15,298) | 1,630 | 70.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 4 3 | Bowie State University Bowie, MDPublic, 4-year | 72.41% 11.13% | 27.27% | - | $19,938 ($9,218) | 6,353 | 38.00% | 15 to 1 |
| 5 2 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MDPublic, 4-year | 72.43% 1.81% | 21.60% | 1,320 | $31,225 ($13,256) | 13,906 | 70.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 6 2 | University of Baltimore Baltimore, MDPublic, 4-year | 78.74% 6.81% | 37.00% | 940 | $23,984 ($9,992) | 3,187 | 38.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 7 2 | Towson University Towson, MDPublic, 4-year | 81.97% 0.83% | 18.18% | 1,090 | $29,820 ($11,728) | 19,401 | 69.00% | 14 to 1 |
| 8 2 | Morgan State University Baltimore, MDPublic, 4-year | 82.23% 0.73% | 12.37% | 970 | $19,124 ($8,229) | 10,739 | 41.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 9 - | Salisbury University Salisbury, MDPublic, 4-year | 87.47% 1.16% | 18.39% | 1,250 | $22,174 ($11,084) | 7,025 | 68.00% | 14 to 1 |
| 10 - | Frostburg State University Frostburg, MDPublic, 4-year | 89.18% 0.26% | 13.42% | - | $25,814 ($10,220) | 4,104 | 50.00% | 13 to 1 |
| Average | 72.37% | 19.89% | 1,158 | $25,866 ($10,793) | 11,028 | 55.90% | 14 to 1 |