University Of Maryland-College Park

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The University of Maryland, also called UM or UMCP, is a public research university located in College Park, Maryland. The campus sits on 1,250 acres.

Founded in 1856 as the Maryland Agricultural College, UM is the flagship institution of the University System of Maryland.

In 1920, the consolidation of University of Maryland linked the College Park and Baltimore campuses.

UMCP offers more than 120 undergraduate degrees and over 100 graduate degrees through the following academic divisions:

A. James Clark School of Engineering
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
College of Arts and Humanities
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
College of Chemical and Life Sciences
College of Computer, Mathematical, and Physical Sciences
College of Education
College of Information Studies
Philip Merrill College of Journalism
Robert H. Smith School of Business
School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation
School of Public Health
School of Public Policy

U.S. News and World Report's 20 rankings ranked UM 53rd among National Universities. About 10% of Maryland's student body is involved in Greek Life.

The sports teams of UM are called the Terrapins; its mascot is a diamondback terrapin named Testudo. UM sponsors teams in such sports as basketball, football, baseball, field hockey and lacrosse.

During the past decade preceding 2010, UMCP teams won nine NCAA national championships.

Famous alumni of the University of Maryland-College Park include current House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer; Google co-founder Sergey Brin; Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets; Larry David, producer of the Seinfeld show; Jim Walton, president and CEO of CNN; Connie Chung, TV personality; . Prominent alumni in business include Jim Walton, President and CEO of CNN; Kevin Plank founder of the athletic apparel company Under Armour; Chris Kubasik, president of Lockheed Martin; and Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard.

Television personality Connie Chung and ESPN reporters Bonnie Bernstein, Tim Kurkjian, and Scott Van Pelt all graduated from the Philip Merrill College of Journalism. Well-known journalist Carl Bernstein, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for his coverage of the Watergate scandal, attended the University but did not graduate. Kiran Chetry, co-host of CNN's American Morning, graduated with a bachelors of arts in broadcast journalism. Heidi Collins of CNN Newsroom also graduated with a bachelors of science. Former Maryland governor Harry R. Hughes also attended. Gayle King, the famous "friend" of Oprah and editor at large for O Magazine, graduated from Maryland with a degree in psychology.

Within the fields of science and mathematics, Nobel Laureates Raymond Davis Jr., 2002 winner in Physics; Herbert Hauptman, 1985 winner in Chemistry, and Fields Medal winner Charles Fefferman attended the University. Other alumni include George Dantzig, considered the father of linear programming; late NASA astronaut Judith Resnik, who died in the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger during the launch of mission STS-51-L; and NASA Administrator Michael D. Griffin.

Campus Location

College Park, MD 20742
USA
Main Tel: (301) 405-1000
Web Site

The campus is in a large suburb.

Degrees Awarded (in 2008-2009)

Degree	Total Earned	Different Programs
Bachelor	6,307	86
Master	2,059	79
Doctorale	655	69
Postbaccalaureate certificate	90	12
2-4 year degree	44	5
First-professional degree	28	1
Post-master's certificate	2	2

Students

Student enrollment was 36,014 in 2007-2008 (32,324 full-time equivalent).

About 53% of the freshmen class in 2008-2009 was male and women were 47% of the class.

Undergrads are 73% of enrolled students, graduate students are 27%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 0%.

About 2% of freshmen are from countries other than the US. Students living in the US make up 98% of incoming freshmen.

Among freshmen students, 100% are full-time and 0% are part-time.

Tuition and Other Costs (2008-2009)

Item	Cost
State Tuition and fees	$ 8,005
Out-of-state tuition and fees	$ 23,075
Room	$ 5,402
Board	$ 3,906
Books and supplies	$ 1,025
Other	$ 3,024

Financial Aid: University Of Maryland participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.

Similar Schools

Based on proprietary BrainTrack computer comparisons against all other US colleges, these schools appear to be most similar to University Of Maryland-College Park:

Schools Similar to University Of Maryland

	School	Location	Enrollment
1	University of California-San Diego	La Jolla, CA	27,020
2	University of Southern California	Los Angeles, CA	33,408
3	University of California-Berkeley	Berkeley, CA	34,940
4	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor, MI	41,042
5	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Champaign, IL	42,326
6	Northeastern University	Boston, MA	24,434
7	The University of Texas at Austin	Austin, TX	50,170
8	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Madison, WI	41,563
9	University of California-Irvine	Irvine, CA	26,483
10	Duke University	Durham, NC	13,598

Admissions (2008-2009)

Applicants	Admitted
Men	40%
Women	37%
All	39%

SAT Test Scores:

SAT	Middle 50%
Verbal	570-680
Math	600-700

Faculty

Tenure (2008-2009):

Full-Time Faculty		Total
With tenure		1,106
Without tenure; working toward tenure		345
Without tenure; tenure not available		1,440

Housing and Meals

University Of Maryland provides on-campus housing for 10,853 of its 32,324 (full-time) students (as of 2008-2009).

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Atlantic Coast Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 269 male students received the aid (men were 55% of those receiving aid) and 218 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 45% of students receiving such aid) .

Highlights

Compared to other schools:

University Of Maryland-College Park Highlights

Many students concentrating in security and law enforcement, engineering, mathematics, music, science, and fine arts.
Large number of programs of study offered.
Large number of students.
High faculty salary.
High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
High male/female ratio.
Number of dorm rooms for students.
Selective admissions.

Other important characteristics:

Faculty tenure system.
Library on-campus.
Campus housing available.
Study abroad option.
Distance learning available.
Part-time classes available.
ROTC.
Athlete financial aid.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2008-2009 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (85 awarded)

Agricultural Economics
Agriculture
Food Science

ANIMAL SCIENCE AND CARE (52 awarded)

Animal Sciences

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (107 awarded)

Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (1,606 awarded)

Accounting
Business Administration and Management
Business/Commerce
Finance
International Business/Trade/Commerce
Logistics and Materials Management
Management Science
Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (281 awarded)

Computer Engineering
Computer and Information Sciences
Information Science/Studies

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (4 awarded)

Natural Resources/Conservation

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (66 awarded)

Dance
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology
Theatre Literature, History and Criticism

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (644 awarded)

Art Teacher Education
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
Curriculum and Instruction
Educational Assessment, Testing, and Measurement
Educational Leadership and Administration
Elementary Education and Teaching
English/Language Arts Teacher Education
Foreign Language Teacher Education
Health Teacher Education
Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching
Mathematics Teacher Education
Music Teacher Education
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
Social Studies Teacher Education
Special Education and Teaching

ENGINEERING (1,006 awarded)

Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Engineering
Materials Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Military Technologies
Systems Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (281 awarded)

Family and Community Services
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies
Public Policy Analysis

FINE ARTS (152 awarded)

Art History, Criticism and Conservation
Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (2,054 awarded)

African-American/Black Studies
American/United States Studies/Civilization
Anthropology
Chinese Language and Literature
Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
Creative Writing
Demography and Population Studies
East Asian Studies
Economics
English Language and Literature
French Language and Literature
Gay/Lesbian Studies
Geography
German Language and Literature
History
Italian Language and Literature
Japanese Language and Literature
Latin American Studies
Library Science/Librarianship
Linguistic/Comparative/Related Language Studies & Services
Linguistics
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
Museology/Museum Studies
Political Science and Government
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Russian Language and Literature
Russian Studies
Social Sciences
Sociology
Spanish Language and Literature
Urban Studies/Affairs
Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (141 awarded)

Applied Mathematics
Mathematics
Statistics

MEDIA (454 awarded)

Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
Journalism

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (24 awarded)

Audiology/Audiologist and Hearing Sciences
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

MEDICINE (61 awarded)

Neuroscience
Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)
Veterinary Medicine (DVM)
Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sci, Gen (Cert,MS,PhD)

MUSIC (118 awarded)

Music Performance
Music
Musicology and Ethnomusicology

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (227 awarded)

Dietetics/Dietitian (RD)
Kinesiology and Exercise Science
Nutrition Sciences

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (69 awarded)

Jewish/Judaic Studies
Philosophy

SCIENCE (843 awarded)

Astronomy
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
Biochemistry
Biological and Physical Sciences
Biology/Biological Sciences
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
Chemical Physics
Chemistry
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology
Entomology
Geology/Earth Science
Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Physical Sciences
Physics
Science, Technology and Society

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (540 awarded)

Criminology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (370 awarded)

Communication Disorders
Educational Psychology
Psychology

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