University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Public · Moderately Selective · MD

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School data & stats

TypePublic

LocationMD · South

SettingRural

Undergrads2,391

Student:faculty11:1

Outcomes

4-yr grad rate17.4%

6-yr grad rate35.3%

Drop-out rate38.2%

Study abroad—

Cost

In-state tuition$9k

Out-of-state tuition$20k

Application fee—

Community

Racial diversity92.5%

Gender diversity54.2%

International2.6%

IdentityHBCU

Overview

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is a public historically Black university in Princess Anne, on Maryland's rural Eastern Shore, and one of the nation's 1890 land-grant institutions. Its identity combines that land-grant agricultural mission with a close-knit, residential HBCU community in a quiet rural setting.

Academics

Agriculture reflects the university's land-grant roots and includes research and extension work tied to the surrounding Delmarva region. Hospitality and tourism management is another established program, and pre-professional health fields — including a pharmacy program and physical therapy — give the university an unusually strong health-sciences pipeline for its size.

Campus & student life

The Princess Anne campus is rural and residential, without a nearby major city, which makes campus life and traditions more central to the student experience than commuting patterns. Athletics compete in NCAA Division I as the Hawks, part of the historically Black college athletic tradition.

Worth knowing

The land-grant designation is not just historical trivia — it brings real agricultural research and extension opportunities that a non-land-grant school of similar size would not have. The pharmacy and physical therapy pipelines are a genuine professional strength worth noting for students interested in health careers.

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Admissions

Acceptance rate96.4%

Enrolled mid-50%—

Test policynot used

Rec letters0

Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)

AdmissionRolling

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