Facts and Figures
Location: College Park, Maryland
Year Founded: 1856
Nearest Major City: Washington, D.C., 8 miles/13 kilometers from campus
Campus Size: 5 square kilometers
Colleges: 12
Number of Faculty and Staff: 14,922
- Nobel Laureates: 2
- Pulitzer Prize Winners: 6
- Members of the National Academies: 73
Graduate Student Enrollment: 10,205
Undergraduate Student Enrollment: 30,608
- 76.3% Maryland residents
- 23.7% Non-Maryland residents
- 47.4% Minority
Total Number of Students: 40,813
- 127 countries represented
Number of Academic Programs: 309
Number of Alumni: 414,000
$1.2B
Combined Research Expenditures in FY22
20
Fulbright students and scholars in 2023-24, making UMD a "Top Producer" of Fulbrights by The Chronicle of Higher Education
#19
Overall in NSF Higher Education R&D Survey
#17
among public universities by the U.S. News & World Report
#16
for out-of-state students by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance
#12
among public universities by Forbes' Top Public Colleges
#11
Among Public Institutions for Research & Development Spending
#10
"Best Value" for in-state students by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance
#9
Among U.S. Public Institutions for Patents According to the National Academy of Inventors
#5
overall among schools in The Princeton Review's “Top Schools for Entrepreneurship Programs”
#4
among public schools in The Princeton Review's “Top Schools for Entrepreneurship Programs”
#2
for African American history in U.S. News & World Report’s graduate program rankings
#1
for Criminology and for Counseling and Personnel Services in U.S. News & World Report’s graduate program rankings
Research Awards
Total Research Awards: $1+ billion annually in combined research funding with the University of Maryland, Baltimore
Annual Startup Impact
$11,477,416
Revenues Generated
270
Full Time Jobs
(Average: 9 per Startup)
(Average: 9 per Startup)
62
Newly Created Jobs
39%
Minorities in Senior Management
(2x the National Average)
(2x the National Average)