Notre Dame
of Maryland University
Private College in Baltimore, MD. Six-year graduation rate 50%. Median 10-year earnings $65,344.
Ten-year median earnings of $65,344 are the headline number here, and they are strong ones. The six-year graduation rate is 50%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $22,666, neither a bargain nor a burden. It also moves people — 2.2% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.35 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 82% puts Notre Dame of Maryland University on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. The applicant pool runs to 2,803, typical for a school of this reach. Only 8% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 50%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. First-year retention is 73% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. With 40% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. The 9:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 684 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $21,191 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The income table below is the number that matters — $11,843 at $0–30k versus $24,990 at $110k+. 72% of students receive grant aid, averaging $29,352 — common but not automatic. 49% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 191 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $11,843 |
| $30–48k | $17,637 |
| $48–75k | $17,882 |
| $75–110k | $21,409 |
| $110k+ | $24,990 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 338 of these 684 students, totalling $2,404,417 — an average of $7,114 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Baltimore City) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)