University of Maryland-College Park (UMD) is a four-year, public school located in College Park, MD.

It offers 241 graduate programs - 111 Master's, 85 Doctorate, 37 Post-bachelor's, and 8 Post-master's. The 2025 average graduate tuition & fees is $18,276 for in-state and $38,207 for out-of-state students.

A total of 10,592 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 41,725 students at UMD. UMD offers online graduate programs and 1,533 out of 10,592 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

You can find UMD's health profession programs at health professions information page.


Graduate Program Overview

For the academic year 2024-2025, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $18,276 for Maryland residents and $38,207 for out-of-state students. It offers 241 graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School NameUniversity of Maryland-College Park
TypeFour-year, Public
AddressCollege Park, MD
Graduate School Students10,205 students
1,533 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2024-2025)In-State$18,276
Out-of-State$38,207
Student to Faculty17:1 (5.88%)
Number of Graduate ProgramsTotal 241 Graduate Programs
111 Master's, 85 Doctorate, 45 Post graduate certificates

2025 Graduate Program Tuition at University of Maryland-College Park

The following tables describe 2024-2025 graduate tuition & fees at University of Maryland-College Park with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For Maryland residents, the tuition & fees are $18,276 and $38,207 for non-Maryland residents.

The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $845 for Maryland residents and $1,841 for out-of-state students.

2025 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
In-StateOut-of-State
Tuition$16,891$36,822
Fees$1,385$1,385
Cost per Credit$845$1,841
Books & Supplies$1,250
Room & Board$15,958 (On-Campus) / $16,372 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses$2,714 (On-Campus) / $4,258 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total$38,198$58,129
Off-Campus Total$40,156$60,087

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

University of Maryland-College Park offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 241 major areas - 111 Master's, 85 Doctorate, 37 Post-Bachelor's (1 online programs), 8 Post-Master's (1 online programs). 2,997 students have been conferred Master's degree and 677 students have received Doctorate degree last year.

The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
Master'sDoctorate Post-Bachelor'sPost-Master's
Total2,9976772534
Men1,54936995-
Women1,4483081584

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Agricultural and Extension Education Services2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Animal Sciences NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Food Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Plant Sciences3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Veterinary MedicineNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Veterinary Microbiology and Immunobiology1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Environmental Science9 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Land Use Planning and Management/Development13 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Energy and Environmental PolicyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
ArchitectureNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 4 NOT OFFER
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology32 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
American/United States Studies/Civilization NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Latin American and Caribbean StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 2 NOT OFFER
African-American/Black StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Women's Studies NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Speech Communication and Rhetoric NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Journalism NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Digital Communication and Media/MultimediaNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Artificial Intelligence NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Information Technology193 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Information Science/Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Computer Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Engineering NOT OFFER 36 NOT OFFER
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Agricultural Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Chemical Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Civil Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Electrical and Electronics Engineering42 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Telecommunications Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Materials Engineering4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mechanical Engineering27 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Nuclear Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Systems Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Engineering (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Family and Community Services NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
English Language and Literature NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Creative Writing7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Library and Information Science95 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Archives/Archival AdministrationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER ONLINE
Library Science (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biochemistry NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biophysics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Molecular BiologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Entomology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Toxicology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biostatistics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology (other)5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Conservation Biology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
EpidemiologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Neuroscience NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mathematics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Analysis and Functional AnalysisNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Applied Mathematics9 NOT OFFER
Computational MathematicsNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Computational and Applied Mathematics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Financial Mathematics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mathematical BiologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Statistics8 NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Signal/Geospatial Intelligence6 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biological and Physical Sciences NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Historic Preservation and Conservation9 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Museology/Museum StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 6 NOT OFFER
Human Computer Interaction53 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Sustainability Studies8 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Data Science, General58 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Data Analytics, General30 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Financial Analytics49 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)200 NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Kinesiology and Exercise Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Philosophy NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Jewish/Judaic Studies1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Astronomy NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Chemistry4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Chemical Physics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geology/Earth Science5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Physics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Developmental and Child Psychology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)11 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Educational PsychologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Public Policy Analysis 22 NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Social SciencesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 9ONLINE NOT OFFER
Anthropology9 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Criminology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Demography and Population StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 1 NOT OFFER
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geographic Information Science and Cartography 1 NOT OFFER
International Relations and Affairs26 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Political Science and Government9 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Political Science and Government (other)9 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Sociology12 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Dance6 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology8 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Theatre Literature, History and Criticism NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Fine/Studio Arts4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Art History, Criticism and Conservation NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Music36 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Musicology and Ethnomusicology2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Communication Sciences and Disorders1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Audiology/AudiologistNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist NOT OFFER 4
Health/Health Care Administration/ManagementNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling9 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Public Health NOT OFFER 5 NOT OFFER
Environmental Health1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Community Health and Preventive MedicineNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Maternal and Child HealthNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Health Services Administration22 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business/Commerce1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Business Administration and Management NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts ManagementNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 14 NOT OFFER
Science/Technology ManagementNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 30 NOT OFFER
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Management Science391 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Business Statistics216 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)101 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
History NOT OFFER NOT OFFER

Graduate Student Population

UMD graduate schools have a total of 10,205 postgraduate students. By gender, it has 5,209 male and 4,996 female postgrad students.

By attending status, there are 7,864 full-time and 2,341 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers distance learning for graduate programs, and 1,533 students enrolled through online exclusively and 842 students are taking some online graduate courses.

By race/ethnicity 3,502 White, 994 Black, and 941 Asian students are attending at University of Maryland-College Park. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

186 grad students are younger than 22 and 1,001 students are older than 65. It has 7,136 students aged between 22 and 30 and 2,269 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total10,205
Men5,209
Women4,996
Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total10,205
Full-time Students7,864
Part-time Students2,341
Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total10,205
American Indian /
Native American
5
Asian941
Black994
Hispanic546
Native Hawaiian /
Other Pacific Islander
5
White3,502
Two or more races270
Un-Known313
Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total10,205
21 & Under186
22-243,020
25-294,116
30-341,578
35-39691
40 & Over1,001

Online Population

At University of Maryland-College Park graduate schools, 1,533 students enrolled online exclusively and 842 students enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment10,592
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses1,533
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses842
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses8,217
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses1,533
Maryland Resident952
Other State In U.S.554
Outside of U.S.27