10-yr median earnings
$38,476
Federal aid recipients only
Public · Cumberland, Maryland
Allegany College of Maryland
Allegany College of Maryland is a public institution in Cumberland, Maryland. as a public institution, published Scorecard outcomes are the federal Title-IV cohort view of former students — not every graduate and not a guarantee for any one enrollee.
- $8,819
- Avg net price / yr
- $38,476
- 10-yr median earnings
- 42.5%
- 150%-time completion
The verdict
Allegany College of Maryland posts modest former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- 42nd pct.
- former-student earnings, US
- 42.5%
- 150%-time completion
- +15%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
Town: Remote
Carnegie: Associate's
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Allegany College of Maryland profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class ("Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional"), and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
C-
College Value Score
50/100
Allegany College of Maryland
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings D
$38,476
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price A-
$8,819
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate F
42.5%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt D
$13,702
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment C-
60.6%
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
$8,819
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
42.5%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 42.5%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Allegany College of Maryland vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
How Allegany College of Maryland ranks nationally
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
Allegany College of Maryland: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$38,476 42nd percentile higher than 42% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
| Metric | Allegany College of Maryland | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $38,476 | #2961 of 5103 | 42nd |
| Average net price | $8,819 | #916 of 5020 | 82nd (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 42.5% | #3492 of 4858 | 28th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 1,831 | #1560 of 5462 | 71st |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
1,831
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
42.5%
150%-time completion
$38,476
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How Allegany College of Maryland ranks in Maryland
State rank among 66 reporting Maryland colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Allegany College of Maryland | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $38,476 | #44 of 66 | 33rd |
| Average net price | $8,819 | #7 of 69 | 90th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 42.5% | #41 of 67 | 39th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 1,831 | #27 of 74 | 64th |
Highest former-student earnings in Maryland
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Maryland Baltimore | $88,174 | - |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University | $87,555 | $18,809 |
| 3 | Capitol Technology University | $85,035 | $22,102 |
| 4 | University of Maryland-College Park | $82,860 | $15,678 |
| 5 | Loyola University Maryland | $82,652 | $30,574 |
| 6 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | $69,960 | $16,467 |
| 7 | Ner Israel Rabbinical College | $66,330 | $13,572 |
| 8 | Washington College | $65,518 | $27,898 |
| 9 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | $65,344 | $19,169 |
| 10 | University of Maryland Global Campus | $65,287 | $22,063 |
| 11 | Towson University | $64,390 | $17,413 |
| 12 | Washington Adventist University | $64,249 | $18,526 |
| 44 | Allegany College of MarylandThis school | $38,476 | $8,819 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Net price by family income at Allegany College of Maryland
Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket
- $0 – $30k
$0 – $30k
$7,807 net price / yr
- $30k – $48k
$30k – $48k
$8,826 net price / yr
- $48k – $75k
$48k – $75k
$9,654 net price / yr
- $110k+
$110k+
$11,948 net price / yr
What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at Allegany College of Maryland - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.
Tuition & Net Price
| In-State Tuition | $4,938 |
| Out-of-State Tuition | $12,618 |
| Average Net Price | $8,819 |
32.0%
Pell Grant Rate
29.8%
Federal Loan Rate
$13,702
Median Debt
$145/mo
Monthly Payment
Net price at Allegany College of Maryland swings rather than trends
Across 11 reported years between 2013 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $9,211 to $10,899 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as +3.4%, but the years in between do not follow that line, so the honest summary is the range rather than a trend. Budget against the upper end, not the average.
Lowest year
$9,211
Highest year
$10,899
Most recent (2023)
$10,107
11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $9,7792023 · $10,107
Over the same years, enrollment went -34.9% (2,677 → 1,743 students).
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
61.7%
Female
47.8%
First Generation
Outcomes
$33,534
Median Earnings (6yr)
46.4%
Earning Over $25K
60.6%
Loan Repayment, Completers (3yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 42.5% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $33,534 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $38,476 |
| Share earning over $25,000 | Working, not enrolled | 46.4% |
| Loan repayment rate | Completers, 3 years after leaving | 60.6% |
| Median federal student debt | At completion | $13,702 |
| Estimated monthly payment | Standard 10-year plan | $145/mo |
Programs & Earnings
Field-of-study summary by credential
| Credential | Programs | Award count | Avg earnings | Top earnings | Avg debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Associate's | 14 | 415 | $48,920 | $77,757 | $14,621 |
| Certificate | 4 | 62 | $37,268 | $39,921 | $11,750 |
| Level 99 | 1 | 0 | $29,822 | $29,822 | - |
Top programs at Allegany College of Maryland by completer earnings
Median earnings of program completers, College Scorecard field-of-study file
- Registered Nursing, Nursin…
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
$77,757 median earnings
- Dental Support Services an…
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
$67,669 median earnings
- Allied Health Diagnostic, …
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
$61,004 median earnings
- Management Information Sys…
Management Information Systems and Services
$50,373 median earnings
- Business/Commerce, General
Business/Commerce, General
$47,539 median earnings
- Education, General
Education, General
$46,605 median earnings
- Liberal Arts and Sciences,…
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
$42,083 median earnings
- Criminal Justice and Corre…
Criminal Justice and Corrections
$40,834 median earnings
What this shows The highest-earning programs at a school are not necessarily its most popular ones - a small specialized program can post strong median earnings without reflecting the outcome most students here actually see.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Allegany College of Maryland? ▼
Allegany College of Maryland is a public institution in Cumberland, Maryland. Undergraduate enrollment is 1,831 students.
How much do Allegany College of Maryland former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Allegany College of Maryland who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $38,476 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $33,534.
How much does Allegany College of Maryland cost? ▼
The average net price at Allegany College of Maryland is $8,819. In-state tuition is $4,938 and out-of-state tuition is $12,618. Median student debt at graduation is $13,702.
What is the graduation rate at Allegany College of Maryland? ▼
Allegany College of Maryland has a 42.5% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Is Allegany College of Maryland worth the student debt? ▼
The median student debt at Allegany College of Maryland is $13,702, while former students earn a median of $38,476 ten years after enrollment. That debt represents about 36% of those annual earnings. Among borrowers who completed their program, 60.6% are repaying their loans within 3 years. Estimated monthly loan payment is $145.
Sources & methodology
Public-college profiles lean on IPEDS enrollment and Scorecard Title-IV outcomes. State appropriations are outside this page; the figures below are the federal cohort measures only.
Every number is read live from the Mar–Jul 2026 Scorecard/IPEDS retrievals. Public institutions often enroll large Title-IV cohorts, so medians can be stable — still cohort averages, never a personal forecast. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
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