University of Maryland-College Park
College Park, Maryland · Public · 30,760 undergraduates · umd.edu
Test policy (fall 2027)
Test optional
Sending scores is your choice
Admit rate
45%
of 67,101 applicants
SAT (middle 50%)
1410 to 1520
of enrolled freshmen
Annual cost (2027-28)
$34,940Est.Estimate
$66,870 out of state
Your chances and merit aid at University of Maryland-College Park
See where you stand for admission, how much merit aid you could get, and what you'd pay after it.
We started you at a typical enrolled freshman here. Move the sliders to match you.
Your admission chances
45% of applicants admitted
Target
Your SAT is inside the range where the middle half of enrolled freshmen scored.
89% of freshmen had a weighted high school GPA of 4.0 or higher (average 4.41).
Estimated merit aid
a year
Your cost after merit aid
$66,870
a year in 2027-28, from a $66,870 sticker price (out of state)
What to do with your 1470
Send your score
About 58% of freshmen here didn't send a score. We estimate their typical SAT at about 1340, and yours is above it.
Reach, target and likely are a rough guide from your test score and how selective the college is. Admissions also weigh your courses, grades, essays and activities. Merit aid figures are estimates, before any need-based aid.
Admissions
Test policy for fall 2027
Test optional
You choose whether to send an SAT or ACT score. If you send one, it's considered.
- Superscores: it combines your best section scores from different test dates.
Source: Freshman Application FAQs | Office of Undergraduate Admissions · Checked October 16, 2026
Application deadlines
- Nov1Early Action · November 1, 2026Apply early and hear early. Not binding.
- Jan20Regular Decision · January 20, 2027The standard deadline.
Who gets in
45%
of applicants were admitted: 30,218 of 67,101 for fall 2025.
Early Action
Not binding. Apply by 11/1, hear by By 2/1.
Wait list
247 students were offered a spot; 0 were later admitted.
Test scores of enrolled freshmen (fall 2025)
The shaded part shows the middle half of enrolled freshmen who sent scores: a quarter scored below it and a quarter above. 37% of them sent SAT scores and 7% sent ACT scores.
SAT total 1410 to 1520
Reading and Writing 690 to 750
Math 700 to 780
ACT composite 32 to 35
How enrolled freshmen scored on the SAT
- 1400 to 160080%
- 1200 to 139918%
- 1000 to 11991.6%
- 800 to 9990.2%
- 600 to 7990%
- 400 to 5990%
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
High school GPA of enrolled freshmen
Average GPA: 4.41
- 4.089%
- 3.75 to 3.996.1%
- 3.50 to 3.742.5%
- 3.25 to 3.491.1%
- 3.00 to 3.240.7%
- 2.50 to 2.990.3%
- Below 2.500.2%
Cost and financial aid
The sticker price is what a year costs before any aid. Most students pay less after grants and scholarships.
Sticker price for 2027-28Estimate
$34,940
a year, in state
$66,870
a year, out of state (tuition $43,040)
- Tuition (in state)$11,110
- Fees$1,910
- Food and housing$17,730
- Books and supplies$1,320
- Transportation and other$2,870
University of Maryland-College Park published $33,001 in state for 2025-26. Its 2027-28 prices aren't out yet.
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
What families actually pay
What a year cost on average after grants and scholarships, for freshmen who got federal aid in 2023-24 (in-state students), by family income.
- $0 to $30,000$1,141
- $30,001 to $48,000$5,045
- $48,001 to $75,000$8,768
- $75,001 to $110,000$16,888
- Over $110,000$27,461
Financial aid
74%
of a student's financial need is covered, on average
$18,332
average need-based grant to freshmen, money you don't repay
22%
of freshmen got merit aid without financial need, $8,565 on average
- FAFSA
- Required for need-based aid. It's the free federal aid form.
- CSS Profile
- Not required. Only the FAFSA is needed.
- Aid priority date: January 1st
- Send your aid forms by this date to be first in line for the college's grant money.
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
Merit scholarships
Awards for grades and scores, on top of need-based aid. You don't repay them.
President's Scholarship
$2,000 to $20,000 a year
Competitive · No separate application
Deadline: November 1 (early action). To keep it: a 3.2 overall college GPA, and pass 30 credits each academic year (you get one probation semester to raise your GPA).
DetailsDean's Scholarship
$1,500 to $4,500 a year
Competitive · In-state students · No separate application
Deadline: November 1 (early action). To keep it: a 3.2 overall college GPA, and pass 30 credits each academic year (you get one probation semester to raise your GPA).
DetailsBanneker/Key Scholarship
Full cost of attendance
Competitive · No separate application
Deadline: November 1 (early action). To keep it: a 3.2 overall college GPA, and pass 30 credits each academic year (you get one probation semester to raise your GPA).
DetailsNational Merit University of Maryland Scholarship (NMSC college-sponsored)
National Merit
Deadline: Name this college your first choice with NMSC.
Details
Compare awards across colleges with the merit aid calculator.
AP credit
AP exams that earn credit can replace college courses, so you pay for fewer of them and may graduate sooner.
AP exams that earn credit
41 of 41
Earn credit with a score of 3
41 exams
A 3-credit course is worth
about $1,110Est.Estimate
at 2027-28 tuition for in-state students
Credit for each AP exam
| Exam | Score needed | Credits | Counts as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-D Art and Design | 3 | 3 | Lower Level Elective |
| 2-D Art and Design | 4 | 3 | ARTT 100 |
| 3-D Art and Design | 3 | 3 | Lower Level Elective |
| 3-D Art and Design | 4 | 3 | Lower Level Elective, with option for portfolio review |
| African American Studies | 3 | 3 | Lower Level Elective |
| African American Studies | 4 | 3 | AASP 100 (DSHS and DVUP) |
| Art History | 3 | 3 | Lower Level Elective |
| Art History | 4 | 3 | ARTH 200 or ARTH 201 |
| Biology | 3 | 4 | Lab Science (DSNL) |
| Biology | 4 | 8 | BSCI 160, BSCI 161 (DSNL), and BSCI 170, BSCI 171 (DSNL) |
| Calculus AB | 3 | 3 | Lower Level Elective |
| Calculus AB | 4 | 4 | MATH140 |
| Calculus BC | 3 | 3 | Lower Level Elective |
| Calculus BC | 4 | 8 | MATH140 and MATH141 |
| Calculus BC: AB Subscore | 3 | 3 | Lower Level Elective |
| Calculus BC: AB Subscore | 4 | 4 | MATH 140 |
| Chemistry | 3 | 3 | Lower Level Elective |
| Chemistry | 4 | 4 | CHEM 131 and CHEM 132 (DSNL) |
| Chemistry | 5 | 6 | CHEM 131 and CHEM 132 (DSNL); CHEM 271 |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 3 | 3 | Lower Level Elective |
| Comparative Government and Politics | 3 | 3 | Lower Level Elective |
| Comparative Government and Politics | 4 | 3 | GVPT 280 |
| Computer Science A | 3 | 2 | Lower Level Elective |
| Computer Science A | 4 | 3 | Lower Level Elective |
| Computer Science A | 5 | 4 | CMSC 131 |
| Computer Science Principles | 3 | 3 | Lower Level Elective [INST majors - consult advisor for applicability] |
| Drawing | 3 | 3 | Lower Level Elective |
| Drawing | 4 | 3 | ARTT 110 |
| English Language and Composition | 3 | 3 | Lower Level Elective |
| English Language and Composition | 4 | 3 | Academic Writing (FSAW) |
| English Literature and Composition | 3 | 3 | Lower Level Elective |
| English Literature and Composition | 4 | 6 | ENGL 278 and Lower Level Elective |
| Environmental Science | 3 | 3 | Lower Level Elective |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 3 | Non-Lab Science (DSNS) |
| European History | 3 | 3 | Lower Level Elective |
| European History | 4 | 3 | HIST 113 |
| European History | 5 | 6 | HIST 112 and HIST 113 |
| French Language and Culture | 3 | 4 | Lower Level Elective [consult French department for placement] |
| French Language and Culture | 4 | 4 | FREN 203 |
| French Language and Culture | 5 | 6 | FREN 204 and Lower Level Elective |
| German Language and Culture | 3 | 3 | Lower Level Elective |
| German Language and Culture | 4 | 4 | GERS 203 |
| German Language and Culture | 5 | 7 | GERS 203 and GERS 204 |
| Human Geography | 3 | 3 | History/Social Science (DSHS) |
| Human Geography | 4 | 3 | GEOG 202 |
| Italian Language and Culture | 3 | 4 | ITAL 103- [student placement into ITAL 203] |
| Italian Language and Culture | 4 | 4 | ITAL 203- [student placement into ITAL 204] |
| Italian Language and Culture | 5 | 3 | ITAL 204- [student placement into ITAL 207] |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 3 | 3 | Lower Level Elective |
| Latin | 3 | 3 | Lower Level Elective [consult Classics advisor for placement] |
| Latin | 4 | 4 | LATN 201 |
| Macroeconomics | 3 | 3 | History/Social Science (DSHS) |
| Macroeconomics | 4 | 3 | ECON 201 |
| Microeconomics | 3 | 3 | History/Social Science (DSHS) |
| Microeconomics | 4 | 3 | ECON 200 |
| Music Theory | 3 | 3 | MUSC 140 (DSSP) |
| Physics 1 | 3 | 4 | Lab Science (DSNL) |
| Physics 1 | 4 | 4 | PHYS 121 (DSNL) |
| Physics 2 | 3 | 4 | Lab Science (DSNL) |
| Physics 2 | 4 | 4 | PHYS 122 (DSNL) |
| Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 3 | 4 | Lab Science (DSNL) |
| Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 4 | 4 | PHYS 260 and PHYS 271 (DSNL) [ |
| Physics C: Mechanics | 3 | 4 | Lab Science (DSNL) |
| Physics C: Mechanics | 4 | 4 | PHYS 161 and PHYS 261 |
| Pre-Calculus | 3 | 3 | Lower Level Elective |
| Pre-Calculus | 4 | 3 | MATH 115 |
| Psychology | 3 | 3 | Lower Level Elective |
| Psychology | 4 | 3 | PSYC 100 (DSHS or DSNS) |
| Research | 3 | 3 | Lower Level Elective |
| Seminar | 3 | 3 | Lower Level Elective |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 3 | 3 | Lower Level Elective [contact Spanish advisor for placement] |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 4 | 3 | SPAN 204 |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 5 | 6 | SPAN 204 and Lower Level Elective |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 3 | 3 | Lower Level Elective [contact Spanish advisor for placement] |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 5 | 6 | SPAN 207 (DSHU) and Lower Level Elective |
| Statistics | 3 | 3 | Lower Level Elective |
| Statistics | 4 | 3 | STAT 100 |
| United States Government and Politics | 3 | 3 | History/Social Science (DSHS) |
| United States Government and Politics | 4 | 3 | GVPT 170 |
| United States History | 3 | 3 | Lower Level Elective |
| United States History | 4 | 3 | HIST 200 or HIST 201 |
| United States History | 5 | 6 | HIST 200 and HIST 201 |
| World History: Modern | 3 | 3 | Lower Level Elective |
Source: AP credit policy
After college
Graduate within 6 years
88%
Come back for a second year
96%
Typical earnings
$89,228
a year, 10 years after starting here
- University of Maryland-College Park$72,857
- All colleges$59,316
Median yearly earnings of graduates five years after finishing a bachelor's in this major. 52 majors here have earnings data.
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