by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
University of Maryland Eastern Shore was awarded 16 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general hospitality administration/management.
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UMES landed the #1,908 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
Out of the 36 colleges in Maryland, UMES is ranked at #33.
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The acceptance rate at University of Maryland Eastern Shore is 82%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that UMES is a good fit for you.
At UMES, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 8 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Maryland Eastern Shore is 72%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At University of Maryland Eastern Shore this rate is 61%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at UMES is 22%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,069 undergraduates at UMES with 1,860 being full-time and 209 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $11,622 | $13,225 | $17,949 | $20,406 | $21,557 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UMES, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At UMES, approximately 55% of students took out student loans averaging $6,595 a year. That adds up to $26,380 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UMES is 9.9%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Contact details for UMES are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | J.T. Williams Hall, Princess Anne, MD 21853-1299 |
| Phone: | 410-651-2200 |
| Website: | www.umes.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/umesnews |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/umesnews |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 56 | $28,721 |
| General Biology | 34 | $27,827 |
| Health & Physical Education | 32 | $28,680 |
| Hospitality Management | 27 | $40,262 |
| Sociology | 23 | $25,567 |
| General Family & Consumer Sciences | 21 | $24,925 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 19 | $33,921 |
| Business Administration & Management | 19 | $40,559 |
| General Engineering | 18 | NA |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 18 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 894 students took at least one online class at University of Maryland Eastern Shore. This is a decrease from the 1,097 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 894 | 117 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,097 | 77 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,114 | 86 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,220 | 93 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,334 | 73 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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