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 7 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is civil engineering technology.
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UMES is ranked #1,910 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list.
UMES also holds the #35 spot on the Best Colleges in Maryland ranking.
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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.
The student to faculty ratio at UMES is an impressive 11 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
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 tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at University of Maryland Eastern Shore is 71%, which is about average when compared to the national rate 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 20%. 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 + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $7,855 | $10,349 | $14,355 | $17,269 | $18,578 |
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 60% of students took out student loans averaging $6,057 a year. That adds up to $24,228 over four years for those students.
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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: | wwwcp.umes.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 50 | $30,423 |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 44 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 37 | $37,393 |
| General Biology | 32 | $37,244 |
| Health & Physical Education | 25 | $30,407 |
| Sociology | 24 | $31,853 |
| Hospitality Management | 21 | $36,472 |
| Business Administration & Management | 18 | NA |
| General Family & Consumer Sciences | 17 | $37,301 |
| Educational Administration | 13 | 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 2022-2023, 1,018 students took at least one online class at University of Maryland Eastern Shore. This is an increase from the 894 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,018 | 106 |
| 2021-2022 | 894 | 117 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,097 | 77 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,220 | 93 |
Learn more about online learning at University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
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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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