University of Maryland (UMD): Ranking 2026, Admissions, Programs & Scholarships

• There is only one campus which is huge, vibrant and full of energy. It offers excellent facilities, including one of the largest university libraries, modern sports complexes and health and counselling centres and various recreational spaces.
• The campus hosts exciting annual events and fests, such as Maryland Day and Homecoming Art Attack, which bring together students from all disciplines.

• My college, University of Maryland, has a main campus called University of Maryland-College Park. Other campuses such as Global Campus, Baltimore County, and Shady Grove are affiliates of UMD but not the main school itself.
• There are three libraries: McKeldin, Hornbake, and STEM Library. We have numerous sports facilities including an outdoor bouldering and climbing wall, an indoor climbing wall, an outdoor swimming pool, an indoor natatorium, several basketball, volleyball, squash, badminton, racquetball, tennis, and pickleball courts. We also have two gym facilities, one at Eppley Recreational Center and the other at Ritchie Coliseum with multiple levels and several machines and dumbbells. Additionally, at the Student Stamp Union, one can find numerous billiard tables, bowling alleys, and gaming televisions. Recently, gaming rooms have also opened at Ritchie Coliseum for e-sports.
• There is also the University Health Center, which is the first point of contact in case of an emergency, and utilizes the insurance that is mandatory for all students. Our university also provides several mental health and distress-relief options including the Mental Coalition Club, counseling center with professional therapy, and survivor support.
• Major campus events include Maryland Day, Homecoming, First Look Fair, Second Look Fair, and gameday tailgates for football and basketball. Popular events for the Indian community include Mock Shaadi, Blackout Bhangra, Diwali, and Holi celebrations.
• Extracurricular activities cannot be summarized in a list. Because we are proud of our enormous student body, there is a club for every interest out there. And if there is not, it is very easy to form a club by finding other like-minded members.

• Fees are charged in a mix of credit-based and semester-wise basis. Taking lower than 12 credits makes a student part-time, while there is a flat rate for 12+ credits. According to the Undergraduate Tuition & Fees website, the total tuition and mandatory fees for a semester total to $20,593. The mandatory fees include the costs of athletics, shuttle bus, student union, student activities, recreation services, student sustainability, and student counseling center. If enrolled in a Limited Enrollment Program (LEP) such as Business, Engineering, and Computer Science, students pay an additional $1,545.30, bringing the total fees per semester to $22,138.30.
• Monthly expenses are highly variable as it is contingent on standards of living that a student wishes to maintain. Rent ranges from $650-1400 per month depending on whether you have a shared room or a personal room and the total number of bedrooms in the apartment. Additionally, spending time with friends, going to DC, and going on dates could cost higher. If you are living on campus (which is mandatory as a freshman and optional and limited for later years), you are required to purchase a full dining plan, which currently costs $2,426.09 for a semester. There are also block meal options, allowing you to purchase 25, 50, 100, and 150 meals which cost lower. In my experience, I spend around $1000-1200 a month which included rent, utilities, meal plan, and miscellaneous expenses, which results in a total cost of $27,000 per semester. The cost of a flight to and back from India has not been included, which usually costs about $1600 for a round trip, again contingent on when the flight is being booked.

• UMD has 4 campuses. 
• University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) - College Park, MD
• University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) - Baltimore, MD
• University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) - Catonsville, MD
• University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) - Princess Anne, MD
• University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) - Adelphi, MD (online-focused)

• Total fees: $38,020 (Tuition fees + other fees)

  Tuition:        $1,175.00 per credit hour
  Fees:        $692.50 for full-time (9 credits)
  (Tuition x Credit Hours + Fees) Three courses: $1,175.00 x 9 = $10,575 + $692.50 = $11,267.50 (Fees for 1 semester)

• Fees is charged semester-wise. 

  Monthly expenses: $1070
  Rent: $750 (Including utilities)
  Groceries: $200
  Eating out: $60
  Transportation: $0 (It is free here; UMD public buses)
  Miscleanneous: $60 (Haircut $30, Shopping)

• College Park: The flagship campus, which is Maryland's largest higher education institution
• Baltimore County: Home to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
• Baltimore: Home to the University of Maryland, Baltimore
• Princess Anne: A campus in the USM
• Towson: A campus in the USM
• Salisbury: A campus in the USM that has been a member since 1988
• Bowie: A campus in the USM
• Frostburg: A campus in the USM
• Hagerstown: A campus in the USM
• Rockville: A campus in the USM
• Cambridge: A campus in the USM
• Adelphi: A campus in the USM
• All facilities are available on my campus including libraries, sports facilities and medical services
• Homecoming, Halloween and Christmas.
• Geary F. Eppley Recreational Centre consists of several indoor sports and sprawling outdoor grounds are available for outdoor sports.

• Tuition Fees for Data Science: 40,000 USD
• Health Insurance: 4000 USD
• Taxes and books: 4000 USD
• Cannot stay on campus for Graduate International students.
• Fees is charged semester wise.
• Monthly expenses: 1500 USD (Including rent)
• Additional costs may include rent, transportation and groceries.
• The transportation provided by the university is exceptional and all the timings of the buses can be found by installing the Transit App.

• My campus has many colleges, some of them colleges of computer science and natural mathematics, the Robert H. Smith School of Business, the Academy, the James Clark School of Engineering, and the School of Public Health. We have a diverse set of clubs and extracurricular activities and many sports events are conducted every week. The sports are mainly focused on football and basketball.

• For my program the fee structure for two years is 40,000$ and insurance for every semester is around 1000$, other required fees for each semester is around 640$, my monthly expense for rent is 550$ and for food and travel and phone bill comes to be around 200-250$, me rent amount covers all other expenses like gas,electricity,wifi and all other stuff.

• There is technically only one main campus in College Park, but there is another branch in Baltimore County, which isn't as good.
• UMD has the Hornbake Library & McKeldin Library. The Eppley Recreation Centre has all the infrastructure for most of the sports you can think of. The University Health Centre has an acute care service where you can go for any injury you might have gotten.
• Popular events include Maryland Day, which is a big annual fair; Homecoming Week, which is very happening with a lot of back-to-back events; and various cultural and professional clubs like the MUN, Robotics, and Hyperloop, a club and also a design club.
• There is a group that meets up to play soccer whenever; you can join that group in the groupMe app. Many of the sport enthusiast groups are through the GroupMe app. If you want to join any community (sports or cultural), you will find it there, and anyone can join it and stay posted on any events these groups might have.
• There is a Graduate Labour Union (GLU) that you can join if you want to represent the voice of the grad student demands.

• 1 Course: USD 4,146.00
• 10 Courses: USD 41,460.00
• Mandatory fees per semester: USD 690
• Fees are credit based so per course, which have to be registered semester-wise.
• The transportation for buses is free all around town. Metro, on the other hand, is paid and takes USD 4 to go to Washington, DC. My monthly groceries come to be around USD 60 per month but that is because I use the dining hall more.

• The university has a lot of campuses. The library is open most of the time and hosts many events. ReWell is for sports and has a sports facility. The university hosts football games and basketball games. For which the tickets are free for the students. Sports are the highlight.

• There are many events which happened, especially during the first week, there was silent the school painting, events, bowling events, and so much more. It was so fun and we could mingle with other people. The facilities available on campus are a lot the library. There is a full fledged recreation centre and of course good medical services as well, the major even would be the homecoming week where it was like a famous football match, which happened between the university of Maryland and the University of Southern California, apart from that there is Maryland and so much other more events.
• Never was something called the first look fair where all the student organisations and clubs came up with stalls and introduced their clubs to everyone, and we could join by signing up at the event.

• The tuition fee is $4,146 per course and during the 2-year masters degree, we will need to complete 10 courses. So in total it would be $41,460 (just the tuition fee).
• I am staying in an apartment near campus and the rent for a shared room I am paying is $610 (I got it for an early bird discount). The minimum rent for an apartment is around $500 on an average and for a private room it is $900.
• The fees are charged semester-wise. For my particular course, I should take 9 credits per semester, which is 3 courses, so I pay $12,438 per semester.
• Transportation is completely free around campus. I mean the shuttle bus to the university and nearby places. If you want to go in the metro, its chargeable; on weekdays it's around $5 and on weekends around $2.5.
• Grocery shops are very limited around this area, with only 2 supermarkets. However, you can order online. On average, the monthly groceries for me are around $100. There is also a good Indian store near the university (20 minutes by bus).

I chose this university as this university is a public Ivy League school and is well reputed, plus the course it offered was among the top 10 schools in the USA. As stated earlier the program was a perfect blend of technical and non-technical subjects, something that I was looking for.

The campus is massive about 1400 acres with a lot of interesting activities every now and then, the campus also has a sports culture with a lot of football and soccer tournaments round the year.

Very good experience, good tuition fees, good curriculum, alumni network Is decent

Free wifi available throughout Libraries are huge, you can get every book available Lots of research opportunities , lots of clubs dance drama singing etc