St. Mary's College of Maryland

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for St. Mary's College of Maryland

St. Mary's College of Maryland operates as a public institution located in St. Mary's City, Maryland (rural: fringe), with a total reported enrollment of 1,603 students of which 1,668 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. St. Mary's College of Maryland is categorized as “21” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 68.6%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,261 and an ACT midpoint of 29. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $18,441, with published in-state tuition of $15,298 and a Pell grant recipient share of 21.1%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $21,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 69.0%, and the first-year retention rate is 85.8%. Graduates earn a median of $60,110 ten years after enrolling, compared with $52,286 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 51800.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 71.0% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.