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: 14,505
- Nobel Laureates: 2
- Pulitzer Prize Winners: 4
- Members of the National Academies: 58
Graduate Student Enrollment: 9,834
Undergraduate Student Enrollment: 30,875
- 75.7% Maryland residents
- 24.3% Non-Maryland residents
- 45.8% Minority
- 116 countries represented
Total Number of Students: 40,709
Number of Academic Programs: 301
Number of Alumni: 405,000
#10
Among Public Institutions for Research & Development Spending
$1.1B
Combined Research Expenditures in FY20
#17
Overall in NSF Higher Education R&D Survey
#19
among public universities by the U.S. News & World Report
#11
among public universities by Forbes' Top Public Colleges
#10
"Best Value" for in-state students by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance
#16
for out-of-state students by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance
#7
overall among schools in The Princeton Review's “Top Schools for Entrepreneurship Programs”
#3
among public schools in The Princeton Review's “Top Schools for Entrepreneurship Programs”
#1
for Criminology and for Counseling and Personnel Services in U.S. News & World Report’s graduate program rankings
#2
for African American history 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)