University of Maryland-College Park (UMD) is a four-year, public school located in College Park, MD.

It offers 228 graduate programs - 110 Master's, 80 Doctorate, 28 Post-bachelor's, and 10 Post-master's. The 2024 average graduate tuition & fees is $17,843 for in-state and $37,383 for out-of-state students.

A total of 10,439 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 40,792 students at UMD. UMD offers online graduate programs and 1,273 out of 10,439 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

You can find UMD's health profession programs at health professions information page.


Graduate Program Overview

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $17,843 for Maryland residents and $37,383 for out-of-state students. It offers 228 graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School NameUniversity of Maryland-College Park
TypeFour-year, Public
AddressCollege Park, MD
Graduate School Students10,350 students
1,273 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)In-State$17,843
Out-of-State$37,383
Student to Faculty18:1 (5.56%)
Number of Graduate ProgramsTotal 228 Graduate Programs
110 Master's, 80 Doctorate, 38 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition at University of Maryland-College Park

The following tables describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at University of Maryland-College Park with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For Maryland residents, the tuition & fees are $17,843 and $37,383 for non-Maryland residents.

The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $828 for Maryland residents and $1,805 for out-of-state students.

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
In-StateOut-of-State
Tuition$16,560$36,100
Fees$1,283$1,283
Cost per Credit$828$1,805
Books & Supplies$1,250
Room & Board$15,416 (On-Campus) / $15,902 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses$2,714 (On-Campus) / $4,258 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total$37,223$56,763
Off-Campus Total$39,253$58,793

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

University of Maryland-College Park offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 228 major areas - 110 Master's, 80 Doctorate, 28 Post-Bachelor's, 10 Post-Master's. 3,078 students have been conferred Master's degree and 670 students have received Doctorate degree last year.

The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
Master'sDoctorate Post-Bachelor'sPost-Master's
Total3,07867024810
Men1,5683521064
Women1,5103181426

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Agricultural Economics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Animal Sciences NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Poultry Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Food Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Plant Sciences NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Agronomy and Crop Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Horticultural Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Veterinary MedicineNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Veterinary Microbiology and Immunobiology1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Environmental Science3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Land Use Planning and Management/Development20 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Architecture NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
City/Urban, Community and Regional PlanningNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Landscape Architecture NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology29 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
American/United States Studies/Civilization3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Latin American and Caribbean StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
African-American/Black StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Women's Studies 3 NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Speech Communication and Rhetoric1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Journalism NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Radio and Television NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Digital Communication and Media/MultimediaNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 1 NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Computer and Information Sciences NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Information Technology144 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Computer Programming/Programmer NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Information Science/Studies24 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Computer Science64 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Engineering357 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Agricultural Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Chemical Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Civil Engineering9 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Electrical and Electronics Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Telecommunications Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Materials Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mechanical Engineering14 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Nuclear Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Systems Engineering3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Engineering (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
LinguisticsNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Comparative LiteratureNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services (other)1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
German Language and Literature2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
French Language and LiteratureNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Spanish Language and Literature1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Family and Community ServicesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
English Language and Literature3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Creative Writing5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Library and Information Science122 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biophysics2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Entomology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
EpidemiologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Neuroscience NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mathematics3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Applied Mathematics3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Financial Mathematics53 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mathematical BiologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 23 NOT OFFER
Statistics NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Signal/Geospatial Intelligence17 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biological and Physical Sciences NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Museology/Museum StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 18 NOT OFFER
Human Computer Interaction73 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Sustainability Studies7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)193 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Kinesiology and Exercise Science4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Philosophy3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Astronomy8 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Chemistry NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Chemical PhysicsNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geology/Earth Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Physics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Psychology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Educational Psychology13 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Public Policy Analysis99 NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Social SciencesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 23 NOT OFFER
Anthropology10 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Criminology25 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Demography and Population StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 4 NOT OFFER
EconomicsNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geographic Information Science and Cartography39 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
International Relations and Affairs29 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Political Science and Government NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Political Science and Government (other)9 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Sociology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Urban Studies/Affairs17 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Dance2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Theatre Literature, History and Criticism NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Art History, Criticism and Conservation NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Music NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Musicology and Ethnomusicology2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Communication Sciences and DisordersNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Audiology/AudiologistNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist25 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling11 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Public Health NOT OFFER 9 NOT OFFER
Environmental Health NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Community Health and Preventive MedicineNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Maternal and Child HealthNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Health Services Administration28 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business/Commerce44 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Business Administration and Management327 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts ManagementNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 2 NOT OFFER
Science/Technology ManagementNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER 10
Accounting67 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Finance56 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Management Science107 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Business Statistics241 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)58 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
History NOT OFFER NOT OFFER

Graduate Student Population

UMD graduate schools have a total of 10,350 postgraduate students. By gender, it has 5,247 male and 5,103 female postgrad students.

By attending status, there are 8,006 full-time and 2,344 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers distance learning for graduate programs, and 1,273 students enrolled through online exclusively and 1,130 students are taking some online graduate courses.

By race/ethnicity 3,934 White, 952 Black, and 913 Asian students are attending at University of Maryland-College Park. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

108 grad students are younger than 22 and 1,003 students are older than 65. It has 7,030 students aged between 22 and 30 and 2,298 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total10,350
Men5,247
Women5,103
Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total10,350
Full-time Students8,006
Part-time Students2,344
Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total10,350
American Indian /
Native American
13
Asian913
Black952
Hispanic551
Native Hawaiian /
Other Pacific Islander
6
White3,934
Two or more races267
Un-Known565
Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total10,350
21 & Under108
22-242,906
25-294,124
30-341,609
35-39689
40 & Over1,003

Online Population

At University of Maryland-College Park graduate schools, 1,273 students enrolled online exclusively and 1,130 students enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment10,439
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses1,273
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses1,130
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses8,036
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses1,273
Maryland Resident791
Other State In U.S.440
Outside of U.S.42