List of colleges and universities in Maryland

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Maryland Colleges

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.

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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

Name Location Founded Type (Background) Enrollment (fall 2024)[7] Ref
Bowie State University Bowie 1865 USM (HBCU) 6,353 [8]
Coppin State University Baltimore 1900 USM (HBCU) 2,210 [9]
Frostburg State University Frostburg 1899 USM (teaching) 4,104 [10]
Morgan State University Baltimore 1867 Independent (HBCU) 10,739 [11][12][13]
Salisbury University Salisbury 1925 USM (teaching) 7,025 [14]
St. Mary’s College of Maryland St. Mary's City 1840 Liberal arts college 1,630 [11][15]
Towson University Towson 1866 USM (teaching) 19,401 [16]
United States Naval Academy Annapolis 1845 Service academy 4,474 [11][17]
University of Baltimore Baltimore 1925 USM 3,187 [18]
University of Maryland, Baltimore Baltimore 1807 USM 6,636 [19]
University of Maryland, Baltimore County Catonsville 1966 USM 13,906 [20]
University of Maryland, College Park College Park 1856 USM (flagship) 41,725 [21]
University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne 1886 USM (HBCU) 3,177 [22]
University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi 1947 USM 63,012 [23]

Private, non-profit colleges and universities

Name Location Founded Enrollment
(fall 2024)[24]		 Ref
Capitol Technology University Laurel 1927 1,065 [25]
Goucher College Towson 1885 1,459 [26]
Hood College Frederick 1893 2,101 [27]
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore 1876 30,210 [28]
Loyola University Maryland Baltimore 1852 4,897 [29]
Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore 1826 1,687 [30]
McDaniel College Westminster 1867 2,868 [31]
Mount St. Mary's University Emmitsburg 1808 2,408 [32]
Notre Dame of Maryland University Baltimore 1873 1,788 [33]
St. John's College Annapolis 1784 583 [34]
Stevenson University Stevenson 1947 3,684 [35]
Washington Adventist University Takoma Park 1904 612 [36]
Washington College Chestertown 1782 923 [37]

Public upper-division and graduate institutions or regional center campuses

Name Location Founded Ref
University of Maryland, Biotechnology Institute Baltimore 1985 [38]
University of Maryland, Environmental Science Cambridge 1925 [39]
University System of Maryland at Hagerstown Hagerstown 2005 [40][41]

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University System of Maryland at Southern Maryland California 2019 [43][40]
Universities at Shady Grove Rockville 2000 [40][44][45]
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda 1972 [11][46]

Public two-year community colleges

Name Location Founded Ref
Allegany College of Maryland Cumberland 1961 [47]
Anne Arundel Community College Arnold 1961 [48]
Baltimore City Community College Baltimore 1947 [49]
Carroll Community College Westminster 1976 [50]
Cecil College North East 1968 [51]
Chesapeake College Wye Mills 1965 [52]
College of Southern Maryland Multiple in Southern Maryland 1958 [53]
Community College of Baltimore County Multiple in Baltimore County 1957 [54]
Frederick Community College Frederick 1957 [55]
Garrett College McHenry 1967 [56]
Hagerstown Community College Hagerstown 1946 [57]
Harford Community College Bel Air 1957 [58]
Howard Community College Columbia 1966 [59]
Montgomery College Multiple in Montgomery County 1946 [60]
Prince George's Community College Largo 1958 [61]
Wor–Wic Community College Salisbury 1975 [62]

Private, non-profit religious institutions

Name Location Founded Enrollment Ref
Breakthrough Bible College National Harbor 2000 N/A [63]
St. Mary's Seminary and University Baltimore 1791 N/A [64]
Yeshivas Ner Yisroel Pikesville 1933 449 [65]
Yeshiva College of The Nation's Capital Kemp Mill 1998 56 [66]

Maryland-based, accredited, for-profit institution

Name Location Founded Enrollment Ref
Lincoln Tech Columbia 1960 1,258 [67]

Defunct Institutions

Name Location Founded Ref
Asbury College Baltimore 1816–1830 [68]
Baltimore College Baltimore 1803–1830 [68]
Baltimore Female College Baltimore 1849–1890 [68]
Baltimore Hebrew University Baltimore 1919–2009 (merged with Towson University) [69]
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) [70][71]
Borromeo College Pikesville 1860–1872 [68]
Calvert College New Windsor 1852–1873 (occupied the location of the first New Windsor College) [68]
Capital Bible Seminary Greenbelt 1940–2013 (acquired by Lancaster Bible College) [72]
Chevy Chase Junior College Chevy Chase 1903–1950
Cokesbury College Abingdon 1784–1796 [68]
College of St. James Hagerstown vicinity 1843–1863 [68]
Eastern Christian College Bel Air 1946–2005
Irving College Manchester 1858–1880 [68]
Kee Mar College Hagerstown 1853–1911 [73]
Maryland Military and Naval Academy Oxford 1885–1887
Maryland University of Integrative Health Laurel 1974–2025 (acquired by Notre Dame of Maryland University) [74]
Mount Hope College Baltimore 1832–1844 [68]
Mount Saint Agnes College Baltimore 1890–1971 (merged with Loyola University Maryland) [75]
Mount Washington Female College Mount Washington 1856–1861 [68]
National Labor College Silver Spring 1969–2014
New Windsor College New Windsor 1843–1850 [68]
Newton University Baltimore 1844–1859 [68]
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.) [68]
Sojourner–Douglass College Baltimore 1972–2015 [76]
TESST College of Technology Baltimore, Beltsville, Towson 1957–2018 [77][78]
Woodstock College Woodstock 1869–1974 [79]

See also

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