56.37% of Applicants Accepted to Maryland Colleges in 2025 Admission

252,029

Applicants

142,070

Admitted

56.37%

Acceptance Rate

16.79%

Yield

For 2024-2025 admission, the average acceptance rate of Maryland colleges is 56.37%, 142,070 accepted out of 252,029 applicants.

For Maryland college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 21,278 (9.22%) compared to last year, from 230,751 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year decreased by 126, which is less than -0.53% last year.

Maryland colleges' acceptance rate decreased by 1.92% compared to last year, which means harder to get into Maryland colleges. The yield decreased by 1.04%.

Among Maryland colleges, Johns Hopkins University has the lowest acceptance rate of 6.44% with 2,954 accepted students out of 45,895 applicants. University of Maryland-College Park has the most number of applicants of 60,056 and University of Maryland-College Park has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 5,818.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for Maryland Colleges

The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in Maryland. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.

Data source: IPEDS
Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for Maryland Colleges
SchoolApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
Johns Hopkins University45,895
6,969		2,954
11		1,389
-29		6.44%
-1.12%		47.02%
-1.16%
University of Maryland-College Park60,056
679		26,902
277		5,818
-379		44.79%
-0.05%		21.63%
-1.65%
Coppin State University8,946
4,243		4,100
1,769		482
75		45.83%
-3.73%		11.76%
-5.70%
Washington Adventist University2,765
1,074		1,277
510		119
13		46.18%
0.82%		9.32%
-4.50%
St. John's College849
-210		469117
-16		55.24%
10.95%		24.95%
-3.41%
Washington College4,048
1,509		2,303
639		265
35		56.89%
-8.65%		11.51%
-2.31%
Ner Israel Rabbinical College99
31		65
11		51
8		65.66%
-13.75%		78.46%
-1.17%
St. Mary's College of Maryland3,401
292		2,334
-10		403
-39		68.63%
-6.76%		17.27%
-1.59%
Bowie State University4,669
-1,576		3,381
-1,836		922
-69		72.41%
-11.13%		27.27%
8.27%
University of Maryland-Baltimore County14,325
1,175		10,375
613		2,241
264		72.43%
-1.81%		21.60%
1.35%
Mount St. Mary's University6,041
619		4,459
563		546
66		73.81%
1.95%		12.24%
-0.08%
Capitol Technology University616
267		458
186		76
6		74.35%
-3.59%		16.59%
-9.15%
Loyola University Maryland10,797
635		8,151
394		945
-167		75.49%
-0.84%		11.59%
-2.75%
Maryland Institute College of Art3,201
74		2,458
41		255
-22		76.79%
-0.50%		10.37%
-1.09%
Goucher College3,683
163		2,862
296		277
16		77.71%
4.81%		9.68%
-0.49%
Hood College3,352
65		2,607
39		312
9		77.77%
-0.36%		11.97%
0.17%
McDaniel College4,237
381		3,302
79		453
29		77.93%
-5.65%		13.72%
0.56%
University of Baltimore127
-46		100
-48		37
-4		78.74%
-6.81%		37.00%
9.30%
Stevenson University5,709
476		4,505
151		767
-26		78.91%
-4.29%		17.03%
-1.18%
Towson University19,777
829		16,212
523		2,947
-67		81.97%
-0.83%		18.18%
-1.03%
Notre Dame of Maryland University2,803
494		2,303
306		183
-8		82.16%
-4.33%		7.95%
-1.61%
Morgan State University23,366
625		19,214
349		2,377
95		82.23%
-0.73%		12.37%
0.27%
Salisbury University8,845
755		7,737
567		1,423
47		87.47%
-1.16%		18.39%
-0.80%
Frostburg State University5,037
481		4,492
417		603
-11		89.18%
-0.26%		13.42%
-1.65%
University of Maryland Eastern Shore9,306
1,274		8,972
1,714		774
46		96.41%
6.05%		8.63%
-1.40%
Women's Institute of Torah Seminary and College49
-3		48
-2		46
-1		97.96%
1.81%		95.83%
1.83%
Bais HaMedrash and Mesivta of Baltimore30
3		30
3		30
3		100.00%100.00%