List of colleges and universities in Maryland

There are currently 55 colleges and universities, defined as accredited, degree-granting, postsecondary institutions, in the state of Maryland.

The state's public universities are part of the University System of Maryland, with the exception of United States Naval Academy, St. Mary's College of Maryland, Morgan State University and Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, which are public but are not part of the university system.^[1] The characteristics of each institution varies from small, intimate, liberal arts colleges such as Washington College and McDaniel College to large, public, research universities such as the University of Maryland, College Park. The oldest school in the state is St. John's College, formerly King William's School, founded in 1696, and the third oldest college or university in the United States.^[2] The newest school in the state is the Wor–Wic Community College founded in 1975.^[3] The University System of Maryland has two regional higher education centers where several state universities operate satellite programs, the University System of Maryland at Hagerstown founded in 2008 and the Universities at Shady Grove founded in 2000.

Maryland state flag

As of 2005, approximately 310,689 students (undergraduate, graduate, & professional) were enrolled at Maryland universities and colleges.^[4] In fall 2010, 369,320 students (undergraduate, graduate, & professional) enrolled at Maryland universities and colleges (increase of 18.87% since 2005), the highest such enrollment in State history. Women accounted for 57.5% of all students. For undergraduates, Maryland residents constituted 93% of enrollees at community colleges, 76.5% at public four-year institutions, and 54.4% at independent universities and colleges.^[5] Universities and colleges in Maryland with regional accreditation are accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.^[6]

Public four-year colleges and universities

See also: University System of Maryland

Name	Location	Founded	Type (Background)	Enroll­ment[7]	Average SATs	Ref
Bowie State University	Bowie	1865	USM (HBCU)	6,408	945	[8]
Coppin State University	Baltimore	1900	USM (HBCU)	2,101	895	[9]
Frostburg State University	Frostburg	1899	USM (teaching)	4,075	1030	[10]
Morgan State University	Baltimore	1867	Independent (HBCU)	9,808[11]	705	[12][13][14]
Salisbury University	Salisbury	1925	USM (teaching)	7,029	1220	[15]
St. Mary’s College of Maryland	St. Mary's City	1840	Liberal arts college	1,611[16]	1175	[12][17]
Towson University	Towson	1866	USM (teaching)	19,527	1140	[18]
United States Naval Academy	Annapolis	1845	Service academy	4,450[19]	1350	[12][20]
University of Baltimore	Baltimore	1925	USM	3,101	1055	[21]
University of Maryland, Baltimore	Baltimore	1807	USM	6,667	1270	[22]
University of Maryland, Baltimore County	Catonsville	1966	USM	14,148	1270	[23]
University of Maryland, College Park	College Park	1856	USM (flagship)	40,813	1375	[24]
University of Maryland Eastern Shore	Princess Anne	1886	USM (HBCU)	2,840	940	[25]
University of Maryland Global Campus	Adelphi	1947	USM	60,084		[26]

Private, non-profit colleges and universities

Name	Location	Founded	Enrollment (2019)	Ref
Capitol Technology University	Laurel	1927	343	[27]
Goucher College	Towson	1885	2,680	[28]
Hood College	Frederick	1893	2,052	[29]
Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore	1876	26,402	[30]
Loyola University Maryland	Baltimore	1852	5,783	[31]
Maryland Institute College of Art	Baltimore	1826	3,500	[32]
Maryland University of Integrative Health	Laurel	1974	1,238	[33]
McDaniel College	Westminster	1867	2,845	[34]
Mount St. Mary's University	Emmitsburg	1808	2,131	[35]
Notre Dame of Maryland University	Baltimore	1873	2,375	[36]
St. John's College	Annapolis	1784	513	[37]
Stevenson University	Stevenson	1947	3,876	[38]
Washington Adventist University	Takoma Park	1904	1,069	[39]
Washington College	Chestertown	1782	1,480	[40]

Public upper-division and graduate institutions or regional center campuses

Name	Location	Founded	Enrollment	Ref
University of Maryland, Biotechnology Institute	Baltimore	1985	66	[41]
University of Maryland, Environmental Science	Cambridge	1925	129	[42]
University System of Maryland at Hagerstown	Hagerstown	2005	400 Students (242 Undergraduate, 158 Graduate)	[43][44] [45]
University System of Maryland at Southern Maryland	California	2019	N/A	[46][43]
Universities at Shady Grove	Rockville	2000	4,705	[43][47][48]
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences	Bethesda	1972	976	[12][49]

Public two-year community colleges

Name	Location	Founded	Ref
Allegany College of Maryland	Cumberland	1961	[50]
Anne Arundel Community College	Arnold	1961	[51]
Baltimore City Community College	Baltimore	1947	[52]
Carroll Community College	Westminster	1976	[53]
Cecil College	North East	1968	[54]
Chesapeake College	Wye Mills	1965	[55]
College of Southern Maryland	Multiple in Southern Maryland	1958	[56]
Community College of Baltimore County	Multiple in Baltimore County	1957	[57]
Frederick Community College	Frederick	1957	[58]
Garrett College	McHenry	1967	[59]
Hagerstown Community College	Hagerstown	1946	[60]
Harford Community College	Bel Air	1957	[61]
Howard Community College	Columbia	1966	[62]
Montgomery College	Multiple in Montgomery County	1946	[63]
Prince George's Community College	Largo	1958	[64]
Wor–Wic Community College	Salisbury	1975	[65]

Private, non-profit religious institutions

Name	Location	Founded	Enrollment	Ref
Breakthrough Bible College	National Harbor	2000	200	[66]
Capital Bible Seminary	Greenbelt	1940	254	[67]
St. Mary's Seminary and University	Baltimore	1791	294	[68]
Yeshivas Ner Yisroel	Pikesville	1933	562	[69]
Yeshiva College of The Nation's Capital	Kemp Mill	1998	68	[70]

Maryland-based, accredited, for-profit institutions

Name	Location	Founded	Enrollment	Ref
TESST College of Technology	Beltsville	1957	N/A	[71][72]
Lincoln Tech	Columbia	1960	N/A	[73]

Defunct Institutions

Name	Location	Founded	Ref
Asbury College	Baltimore	1816–1830	[74]
Baltimore College	Baltimore	1803–1830	[74]
Baltimore Female College	Baltimore	1849–1890	[74]
Baltimore Hebrew University	Baltimore	1919–2009 (merged with Towson University)	[75]
Blue Ridge College (was Maryland Collegiate Institute)	Union Bridge, New Windsor	1898–1943 (renamed Blue Ridge College in 1910; bought and moved into New Windsor College in 1912)	[76][77]
Borromeo College	Pikesville	1860–1872	[74]
Calvert College	New Windsor	1852–1873 (occupied the location of the first New Windsor College)	[74]
Chevy Chase Junior College	Chevy Chase	1903–1950
Cokesbury College	Abingdon	1784–1796	[74]
College of St. James	Hagerstown vicinity	1843–1863	[74]
Eastern Christian College	Bel Air	1946–2005
Irving College	Manchester	1858–1880	[74]
Kee Mar College	Hagerstown	1853–1911	[78]
Maryland Military and Naval Academy	Oxford	1885–1887
Mount Hope College	Baltimore	1832–1844	[74]
Mount Saint Agnes College	Baltimore	1890–1971 (merged with Loyola University Maryland)	[79]
Mount Washington Female College	Mount Washington	1856–1861	[74]
National Labor College	Silver Spring	1969–2014
New Windsor College	New Windsor	1843–1850	[74]
Newton University	Baltimore	1844–1859	[74]
Saint Joseph College	Emmitsburg	1902–1973 (Merged with Mount St. Mary's University)
St. Mary's College	Baltimore	1806–1852 (St. Mary's College, a civil college, was operated by the Sulpicians religious order until 1852, when it was closed and replaced by Loyola College.)	[74]
Sojourner–Douglass College	Baltimore	1972–2015	[80]
Woodstock College	Woodstock	1869–1974	[81]

See also

• Maryland portal

• List of college athletic programs in Maryland
• Higher education in the United States
• Lists of American institutions of higher education
• List of recognized higher education accreditation organizations