University of
Maryland Eastern Shore
Public Research University in Princess Anne, MD. Six-year graduation rate 35%. Median 10-year earnings $47,697.
Students who entered University of Maryland Eastern Shore land at a median of $47,697 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate is 35% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Median debt at graduation reaches $27,000, heavy enough to shape the years right after the degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 96%, University of Maryland Eastern Shore takes nearly everyone who applies. 9,306 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Only 9% 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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Only 35% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. Retention of 62% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. 35% of students transfer out, which reframes what the graduation rate above is measuring. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 9% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,173 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $13,311 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $9,914 at the $0–30k band to $20,757 at $110k+. 88% of students get grant aid averaging $10,916, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. About 54% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 717 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 | $9,914 |
| $30–48k | $11,858 |
| $48–75k | $13,910 |
| $75–110k | $17,847 |
| $110k+ | $20,757 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,164 of these 2,173 students, totalling $7,355,085 — an average of $6,319 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Somerset County) — 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)