University of Maryland, College Park

Public university in College Park, Maryland, US

"University of Maryland" redirects here. For other uses, see University of Maryland (disambiguation).

University of Maryland, College Park

Former names

| Maryland Agricultural College (1856–1916)
Maryland State College (1916–1920)[1]
Type| Public land-grant research university
Established| March 6, 1856; 169 years ago (1856-03-06)

Parent institution

| University System of Maryland
Accreditation| MSCHE

Academic affiliations

* AAU
* CUWMA
* ORAU
* U21
* UARC
* URA
* Sea-grant
* Space-grant

Endowment| $2.10 billion (2023)
(system-wide)[2]
President| Darryll Pines
Provost| Jennifer King Rice

Academic staff

| 4,474 (fall 2023)[3]

Administrative staff

| 6,216 (fall 2023)[3]

Total staff

| 14,922 (fall 2023)[3]
Students| 40,792 (fall 2022)[4]
Undergraduates| 30,353 (fall 2022)[4]
Postgraduates| 10,439 (fall 2022)[4]
Location|

College Park

Maryland

United States

38°59′17″N 76°56′35″W﻿ / ﻿38.988°N 76.943°W﻿ / 38.988; -76.943
Campus| Large suburb[6], 1,340 acres (5.4 km2)[5]
Newspaper| The Diamondback
Colors| Red, gold, white, and black[7]

Nickname| Terrapins

Sporting affiliations

* NCAA Division I FBS – Big Ten

Mascot| Testudo the Terrapin
Website| umd.edu

The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of Maryland. It is known as the biggest university in the state of Maryland.

UMD is the largest university in Maryland and the Washington metropolitan area. Its eleven schools and colleges offer over 200 degree-granting programs, including 113 undergraduate majors, 107 master's programs, and 83 doctoral programs. UMD's athletic teams are known as the Maryland Terrapins and compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the Big Ten Conference.

A member of the Association of American Universities, The University of Maryland's proximity to Washington, D.C. has resulted in many research partnerships with the federal government;[8] faculty receive research funding and institutional support from many agencies, such as the National Institutes of Health, NASA, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Security Agency, and the Department of Homeland Security.[9][10] It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – very high research activity"[11] and has been labeled a "Public Ivy".[12] According to the National Science Foundation, the university spent a combined $1.14 billion on research and development in 2021, ranking it 17th among American universities.[13][14]

Northeast entrance to the University of Maryland Campus

## History

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Main article: History of the University of Maryland, College Park

### Early history

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Charles Benedict Calvert (1808–1864), founder of the forerunner Maryland Agricultural College

On March 6, 1856, the forerunner of today's University of Maryland was chartered as the Maryland Agricultural College.[15] Two years later, Charles Benedict Calvert (1808–1864), a future U.S. Representative (Congressman) and descendant of the first Lord Baltimore, purchased 420 acres (1.7 km2) of the Riversdale Mansion estate nearby today's College Park, Maryland.[16] Later that year, Calvert founded the school and was the acting president from 1859 to 1860.[17] On October 5, 1859, the first 34 students entered the Maryland Agricultural College.[1] The school became a land grant college in February 1864.[1]

### Civil War

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Morrill Hall, built in 1898, the oldest academic building on campus.

During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers under Brigadier General Bradley Tyler Johnson moved past the college on July 12, 1864, as part of Jubal Early's raid on Washington, D.C.[18] By the end of the war, financial problems forced the administrators to sell off 200 acres (81 ha) of land, and the continuing decline in enrollment sent the Maryland Agricultural College into bankruptcy. The campus was used as a boys' preparatory school for the next two years.[1]

The Maryland legislature assumed half ownership of the school in 1866. The college thus became, in part, a state institution. By October 1867, the school reopened with 11 students. In 1868, the former Confederate admiral Franklin Buchanan was appointed president of the school. Enrollment grew to 80 at the time of his resignation, and the school soon paid off its debt. In 1873, Samuel Jones, a former Confederate Major General, became president of the college.[19]

Twenty years later, the federally-funded Agricultural Experiment Station was established there. During this same period, state laws granted the college regulatory powers in several areas—including controlling farm disease, inspecting feed, establishing a state weather bureau and geological survey, and housing the forestry board.[1] Morrill Hall (the oldest instructional building still in use on campus) was built the following year.[1]

### Great Fire of 1912

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The Great Fire of 1912

On November 29, 1912, a fire destroyed student housing, school records, and most of the academic buildings, leaving only Morrill Hall untouched. There were no injuries or fatalities, and all but two students returned to the university and insisted on classes continuing.[1] A new administration building was not built until the 1940s.[1]

### Twentieth century

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The University of Maryland campus in 1938

During Phillips Lee Goldsborough's tenure as Governor of Maryland, the state purchased Maryland Agricultural College, taking control of the school in 1916 and renaming it Maryland State College.[20] In the same year, the first female students, Elizabeth Gambrill Hook and Charlotte Ann Vaux, enrolled at the school.[21] On April 9, 1920, the college became part of the existing University of Maryland, replacing St. John's College, Annapolis as the university's undergraduate campus.[22][23] In the same year, the graduate school on the College Park campus awarded its first Ph.D. degrees and the university's enrollment reached 500 students. In 1925 the university was accredited by the Association of American Universities.[1]

By the time the first black students enrolled at the university in 1951, enrollment had grown to nearly 10,000 students—4,000 of whom were women. Before 1951, many black students in Maryland were enrolled at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore.[24]

In 1957, President Wilson H. Elkins pushed to increase the university's academic standards. His efforts resulted in creating one of the first Academic Probation Plans. The first year the plan went into effect, 1,550 students (18% of the total student body) faced expulsion.[citation needed]

On October 19, 1957, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom attended her first and only college football game at the University of Maryland after expressing interest in seeing a typically American sport during her first tour of the United States. The Maryland Terrapins beat the North Carolina Tar Heels 21 to 7 in the historical game now referred to as "The Queen's Game".[25][26]

Phi Beta Kappa established a chapter at The University of Maryland in 1964. In 1969, the university was elected to the Association of American Universities. The school continued to grow, and by the fall of 1985 reached an enrollment of 38,679.[1] Like many colleges during the Vietnam War, the university was the site of student protests and had curfews enforced by the National Guard.[27]

In a massive restructuring of the state's higher education system in 1988, the school was designated as the flagship campus of the newly formed University of Maryland System (later changed to the University System of Maryland in 1997). It was formally named the University of Maryland, College Park. All five campuses in the former network were designated distinct campuses in the new system. However, in 1997 the Maryland General Assembly passed legislation allowing the University of Maryland, College Park, to be known simply as the University of Maryland, recognizing the campus' role as the flagship institution of the University System of Maryland.[28]

In 1994, the National Archives at College Park completed construction and opened on a parcel of land adjoining the campus donated by the University of Maryland, after lobbying by President William Kirwan and congressional leaders to foster academic collaboration between the institutions.[29][30]

### Twenty-first century

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In 2004, the university began constructing the 150-acre (61 ha) "M Square Research Park", which includes facilities affiliated with the U.S. Department of Defense, Food and Drug Administration, and the new National Center for Weather and Climate Prediction, affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).[31] In May 2010, ground was broken on a new Physical Science Complex, including an advanced quantum science laboratory.[32]

The university suffered multiple data breaches in 2014. The first resulted in the compromise of over 300,000 student and faculty records.[33] A second data breach occurred several months later.[34] The second breach was investigated by the FBI and Secret Service and found to be done by David Helkowski.[35] Despite the attribution, no charges were filed. As a result of the data breaches, the university offered free credit protection for five years to the students and faculty affected.[36]

In 2017, the university received a record-breaking donation of $219.5 million from the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation, ranking among the country's largest philanthropic gifts to a public university.[37][38] Darryll J. Pines became the 34th president of the university in 2020. Pines was a professor of Aerospace Engineering at the university before becoming president.[39]

In 2021, the university announced it had raised $1.5 billion in donations since 2018.[40]

In April of 2024, UMD students joined other campuses across the United States in protests against the Gaza war. Students called attention to the genocide in Palestine and for the university to divest from companies that support the Gaza war.[41][42][43] Activism continued in the next academic year with the placement of small flags in the lawn on McKeldin Mall, representing the more than 150,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza.[44]

## Campus

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Map of the University of Maryland, College Park's campus[45][46][47]

Academic instruction

Administration and services

Arts venues

Housing and dining

Open spaces

Sports and recreation

University of Maryland, College Park boundary

McKeldin Mall in autumn Campus walkway in the winter

The center of the university's 1,250 acres (5.1 km2) is McKeldin Mall, which is the largest academic mall in the United States.[48][49] The Mall is bordered on the east and west by McKeldin Library and the Thomas V. Miller, Jr. Administration Building, respectively. Academic buildings surround McKeldin Mall on the north and south ends. They are the homes to many departments in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, College of Arts and Humanities, and the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. West of McKeldin Mall is the North Hill Community, and south of McKeldin Mall lies Morrill Hall and the Morrill Quad, which was the original center of campus. South of the Morrill Quad are the South Hill and South Campus Commons Communities, and the Southwest Mall and the Robert H. Smith School of Business to the southwest.[50]

Running parallel to McKeldin Mall to the north is Campus Drive, the main thoroughfare through campus. Another thoroughfare, Regents Drive, runs perpendicular to the Mall and is home to the Memorial Chapel and the Campus Farms. Regents Drive crosses Campus Drive at the campus hallmark, The "M", which is a mound with a large "M" formed by flowers in its center.[51] The northeast quadrant of campus, formed by Campus and Regent Drives, is home to many of natural sciences and applied sciences departments. The Rossborough Inn, which, was built during the years 1798 to 1812, is the oldest building on campus (and is older than the university itself).[52] There are five regularly used entrances to campus; the main entrance, off of Baltimore Avenue and onto Campus Drive, is referred to as North Gate and features the Gatehouse, an ornate gateway honoring the university's founders.[53] The 140-acre (57 ha), 18-hole University of Maryland Golf Course sits at the northern edge of campus, as does the Observatory.[54]

The campus contains 7,500 documented trees and garden plantings, leading the American Public Gardens Association to designate the campus the University of Maryland Arboretum & Botanical Garden in 2008.[55] There are also nearly 400 acres (1.6 km2) of urban forest on campus[55] and the Arbor Day Foundation has named the university to its 'Tree Campus USA' list.[56] The recreational Paint Branch Trail, part of the Anacostia Tributary Trails system, cuts through campus, as does the Paint Branch stream, a tributary of the Northeast Branch Anacostia River.[57] The university's first Leed Gold building, Knight Hall, opened in April 2010 as the new home for the Philip Merrill College of Journalism.[58][59] In 2021, President Pines pledged that the University of Maryland would achieve carbon neutrality by Earth Day 2025.[60]

## Academics

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Memorial Chapel

The University of Maryland offers 127 undergraduate degrees and 112 graduate degrees in twelve colleges and schools:

* A. James Clark School of Engineering
* College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
* Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
* College of Arts and Humanities
* School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
* School of Music
* College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
* College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences
* College of Education
* College of Information Studies
* Philip Merrill College of Journalism
* Robert H. Smith School of Business
* School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation
* School of Public Health (formerly the College of Health & Human Performance)
* School of Public Policy
* Office of Undergraduate Studies
* The Graduate School

### Undergraduate admissions

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Undergraduate admissions statistics

2022 entering
classChange vs.
2017

* * *

Admit rate| 34.3

( −10.2)

Yield rate| 24.4

( −3.1)

Test scores middle 50%[i]
SAT Total| 1380-1520
(among 49% of FTFs)
ACT Composite| 31-34
(among 8% of FTFs)

1. Among students who chose to submit

2. Among students whose school ranked

Admission to Maryland is rated "most selective" by U.S. News & World Report.[61][62] For the Class of 2026 (enrolled fall 2022), Maryland received 56,766 applications and accepted 19,451 (34.3%). Of those accepted, 4,742 enrolled, a yield rate (the percentage of accepted students who choose to attend the university) of 24.4%.[63] Maryland's freshman retention rate is 95.5%, with 88.3% going on to graduate within six years.[63]

Maryland is a test-optional university and students can decide whether or not to submit SAT or ACT scores.[64] Of the 34% of the incoming freshman class who submitted SAT scores; the middle 50 percent Composite scores were 1340–1490.[63] Of the 9% of enrolled freshmen in 2021 who submitted ACT scores; the middle 50 percent Composite score was between 30 and 34.[63]

The University of Maryland, College Park is a college sponsor of the National Merit Scholarship Program and sponsored 58 Merit Scholarship awards in 2020. In the 2020–2021 academic year, 69 freshman students were National Merit Scholars.[65]

Fall First-Time Freshman Statistics [63][66][67] | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017

|
|
|
|
|
|

Applicants  | 56,766 | 50,306 | 32,211 | 32,987 | 33,461 | 33,907
Admits  | 19,451 | 20,382 | 16,437 | 14,560 | 15,760 | 15,081
Admit rate  | 34.3 | 40.5 | 51.1 | 44.1 | 47.1 | 44.5
Enrolled  | 4,742 | 4,861 | 4,313 | 4,285 | 4,712 | 4,141
Yield rate  | 24.4 | 23.8 | 26.2 | 29.4 | 30.0 | 27.5
ACT composite*
(out of 36) | 31–34
(8%†) | 30–34
(9%†) | 29–34
(28%†) | 29–33
(31%†) | 28–33
(35%†) | 29–33
(45%†)
SAT composite*
(out of 1600) | 1380–1520
(49%†) | 1340–1490
(34%†) | 1290–1460
(84%†) | 1290–1460
(82%†) | 1290–1480
(81%†) | 1290–1470
(75%†)
* middle 50% range
† percentage of first-time freshmen who chose to submit

In 2020, the university announced it was joining the Common App. Beginning with the 2017-18 admissions cycle, the University of Maryland uses the application provided by The Coalition for Access, Affordability, and Success.[68]

### Rankings

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Academic rankings

National
Forbes[69]| 34- 12th in public universities
U.S. News & World Report[70]| 44
Washington Monthly[71]| 82
WSJ/College Pulse[72]| 75
Global
ARWU[73]| 50
QS[74]| 218
THE[75]| 114
U.S. News & World Report[76]| 57
USNWR graduate school rankings[77] Biological Sciences | 62

|

Business | 44
Chemistry | 41
Clinical Psychology | 33
Computer Science | 16
Criminology | 1
Earth Sciences | 28
Economics | 21
Education | 27
Engineering | 20
English | 30
Fine Arts | 110
History | 27
Library & Information Studies | 8
Mathematics | 22
Physics | 14
Political Science | 29
Psychology | 39
Public Affairs | 32
Public Health | 32
Sociology | 24
Speech–Language Pathology | 16

In the 2025 U.S. News & World Report rankings of universities, the University of Maryland is 44th (tie) in "National Universities" and 17th in "Top Public Schools".[78] The Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked Maryland as 43rd in the world in 2015. The 2017–2018 Times Higher Education World University Rankings placed Maryland 69th worldwide. The 2016/17 QS World University Rankings ranked Maryland 131st worldwide.

The university was ranked among Peace Corps' 25 Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges for the tenth consecutive year in 2020.[79][80] The University of Maryland is ranked among Teach for America's Top 20 Colleges and Universities, contributing the greatest number of graduating seniors to its 2017 teaching corps.[81]

For the fourth consecutive year in 2015, the university was ranked 1st in the U.S. for the number of Boren Scholarship recipients – with nine students receiving awards for intensive international language study.[82] The university is ranked as a Top Producing Institution of Fulbright U.S. Students and Scholars for the 2017–2018 academic year by the United States Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.[83][84]

In 2017, the University of Maryland was ranked among the top 50 universities in the 2018 Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report based on its high academic research performance and global reputation.[85][86]

In 2021, the university was ranked among the top 10 universities in The Princeton Review's annual survey of the Top Schools for Innovation & Entrepreneurship; this was the sixth consecutive such ranking.[87][88]

### Faculty

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Main article: List of University of Maryland, College Park people § Faculty

The university's faculty has included four Nobel Prize laureates. The earliest recipient (1956), was Juan Ramón Jiménez, a Spanish language and literature professor. Four decades later, physics professor William Daniel Phillips won a prize in physics for his contributions to laser cooling. In 2005, Thomas Schelling was awarded the prize in economics for his contributions to game theory. In 2006, John C. Mather was awarded the prize in physics alongside George Smoot for their work in the discovery of blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation. In addition, two University of Maryland alumni are Nobel Prize laureates; Herbert Hauptman won the 1985 prize in chemistry, and Raymond Davis Jr. won the 2002 prize in physics.[89][90]

The university has many notable academics. Professor of mathematics, Sergei Novikov won the Fields Medal in 1970, followed by alumnus Charles Fefferman in 1978. Alumnus George Dantzig won the 1975 National Medal of Science for his work in the field of linear programming. Professor of physics Michael Fisher won the Wolf Prize in 1980 (together with Kenneth G. Wilson and Leo Kadanoff) and the IUPAP Boltzmann Medal in 1983. James A. Yorke, a distinguished university professor of mathematics and physics and chair of the mathematics department, won the 2003 Japan Prize for his work in chaotic systems. In 2013, professor of physics Sylvester James Gates was awarded the National Medal of Science.[91]

### Research

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UMD is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".[11] In FY 2020, the university spent about 1.103 billion dollars in total R&D expenditures, ranking it 16th in the nation.[92]

On October 14, 2004, the university added 150 acres (61 ha) in an attempt to create the largest research park inside the Washington, D.C. Capital Beltway, formerly known as "M Square" and now known as the "Discovery District."[93][94]

Glenn L. Martin Institute of Technology

Many of the faculty members have funding from federal agencies such as the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health,[95] NASA,[96] the Department of Homeland Security,[97] the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the National Security Agency.

The Space Systems Laboratory researches human-robotic interaction for astronautics applications and includes the only neutral buoyancy facility at a university.[98] The Joint Global Change Research Institute, which studies human and earth systems, was formed in 2001 by the University of Maryland and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.[99]

The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) launched in 2005 as one of the Centers of Excellence supported by the Department of Homeland Security in the United States. START is focused on the scientific study of the causes and consequences of terrorism in the United States and worldwide.[100]

### Living-learning programs

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A stairway in South Campus

The university hosts "living-learning" programs (LLPs) that allow students with similar academic interests to live in the same residential community take specialized courses and perform research in those areas of expertise. These include CIVICUS, focused on politics and community service;[101] Hinman CEOs, an entrepreneurship program;[102] and the Language House, where students learning a shared target language live together.[103] Several LLPs exist under the university's Honors College, with focuses in topics including cybersecurity, entrepreneurship, and life sciences.[104] College Park Scholars is another LLP umbrella that includes programs in the arts, public health, and legal thought, among others.[105]

## Student life

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Student body composition as of May 2, 2022  Race and ethnicity[106] | Total

|

White | 47%  | 47

Asian | 19%  | 19

Black | 12%  | 12

Hispanic | 10%  | 10

Other[a] | 8%  | 8

Foreign national | 4%  | 4

Economic diversity
Low-income[b] | 14%  | 14

Affluent[c] | 86%  | 86

### Residential life

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There are two main residential areas on campus, North Campus and South Campus. North Campus is made up of Cambridge Community (which consists of five residence halls and houses the College Park Scholars program), Denton Community (which consists of three halls), Oakland Community (which consists of one hall), Ellicott Community (consisting of three halls), and the Courtyards, a garden-style apartment community in north campus consisting of seven buildings. The Heritage community, completed in 2024, features two residence halls and a dining hall.[107][108] Most residence halls have AC, but some do not. These non-AC halls are Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Chestertown, Ellicott, Hagerstown, Wicomico, and Worcester.[109]

South Campus includes the North Hill Community, made up of nine Georgian-style halls and Prince Frederick Hall (which opened in 2014) immediately west of McKeldin Mall;[110] South Hill Community, made up of fourteen small residence halls for upper-level students;[111] Leonardtown Community, which offers apartment-style housing; and the South Campus Commons Community, which consists of seven apartment-style buildings (the seventh and most recent building being opened in January 2010).[112]

### Dining

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There are three dining halls on campus. In addition, a food court in the Stamp Student Union provides many fast food dining options for the university community.[113][114] The 251 North dining hall lies in the Denton Community on the northern part of campus. The second northern dining hall, Yahentamitsi, is the first building on campus named in honor of Indigenous people.[115] The third dining hall, South Campus Dining Hall, can be found just south of McKeldin Library.[116]

### Transportation

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College Park-University of Maryland Metro station provides access to Downtown, Washington, D.C.

The university is accessible through the three airports in the greater Washington metropolitan area: Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Washington Dulles International Airport, and Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.[117] A small public airport in College Park, College Park Airport, lies nearly adjacent to campus, but operations are limited. This airport is the world's oldest continually operating airport[118] and the site of many significant aviation firsts.[119][120]

A free shuttle service, known as Shuttle–UM, is available for UMD students, faculty, staff, and some residents of College Park and Greenbelt.[121][122] The university is served by an off-campus stop on the Washington Metro's Green Line[123] called College Park – University of Maryland. This stop is adjacent to a stop on the MARC[124] Camden line, a commuter rail line which runs from Baltimore to Washington, D.C. The stop is also serviced by busses from Shuttle–UM, MTA, WMATA, and TheBus.

The campus is also planned to be served by the Purple Line, a light rail line under construction by the Maryland Transit Administration connecting College Park with other inner suburbs of Maryland as well as the Red and Orange Lines of the Washington Metro.[125] The Purple Line route will have five stops on and around the university's campus: M Square, the College Park Metro station, the main entrance to the campus on Route 1, near Stamp Student Union on Campus Drive, and on the other edge of campus on Adelphi Road, along with a parallel bike path.[126][127][128]

### The Diamondback

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Main article: The Diamondback

Atrium of Stamp Student Union, near the food court and co-op

The Diamondback is an independent student newspaper. It was founded in 1910 as The Triangle and renamed in 1921 in honor of a local reptile, the Diamondback terrapin, which became the school mascot in 1933. The newspaper is published online daily during the spring and fall semesters, with a circulation of 17,000 and annual advertising revenues of over $1 million.[129] Notable journalists who have been with the paper include David Simon of HBO's The Wire and NBC's Homicide: Life on the Street, and cartoonists Jeff Kinney, who created the Diary of a Wimpy Kid fiction series and whose Igdoof strip appeared in The Diamondback; Aaron McGruder, who first published his cartoon The Boondocks in The Diamondback; and Frank Cho, who began his career with the popular University Squared for The Diamondback.[130]

### Other student activities

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WMUC-FM (90.5 FM) is the university's non-commercial radio station, staffed by UMD students and volunteers. WMUC is a freeform and sports broadcasting station broadcast at 10 watts. Its broadcasts can be heard throughout the Washington metropolitan area. Notable WMUC alumni include Connie Chung, Bonnie Bernstein, Peter Rosenberg and Aaron McGruder.[citation needed]

Thomas V. Miller, Jr. Administration Building, seen from the end of the reflecting pool

Approximately 16% of men and women in Maryland's undergraduate student body were involved in fraternities and sororities in 2017.[131]

## Athletics

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Main article: Maryland Terrapins

XFINITY Center, home of Maryland basketball

The university sponsors varsity athletic teams in 20 men's and women's sports. The teams, named the "Terrapins", represent Maryland in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I competition. Maryland became a founding member of the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1952 but left to join the Big Ten Conference on July 1, 2014. As of 2025, Maryland's athletic teams have been awarded 47 national championships by the NCAA, USILA, AIAW, and NCA.[132][133] In 2008 and 2010, The Princeton Review named the University of Maryland's athletic facilities the best in the nation.[134][135] The Terrapins nickname (often shortened to "Terps") was coined by former university president, football coach, and athletic director H. C. "Curly" Byrd in 1932.[136] The mascot is a diamondback terrapin named Testudo, which is Latin for "tortoise".[137] Since the early 20th century, the school athletic colors have been some combination of those on the Maryland state flag: red, white, black, and gold.[138] Maryland is the only NCAA Division I school to have four official school colors.[139]

### Basketball and football

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Maryland Stadium on game day

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Men's basketball is the most popular sport at the university.[140] Long-time head coach Lefty Driesell began the now nationwide tradition of "Midnight Madness" in 1971.[141] Beginning in 1989, alumnus Gary Williams revived the program, which was struggling in the wake of Len Bias's death and NCAA rules infractions. Williams led Maryland basketball to national prominence with two Final Four appearances, and in 2002, a national championship. On February 7, 2006, Williams won his 349th game to surpass Driesell and became Maryland's all-time leader among basketball coaches. Mark Turgeon became head coach in 2011. After Mark Turgeon's tenure ended, Kevin Willard accepted the head coaching position in 2022.

Maryland football is also popular at the university.[140]

### Lacrosse

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Maryland fields one of the nation's premier lacrosse programs.

Maryland men's lacrosse remains one of the sport's top programs since its beginnings as a squad in 1865.[142] The team most recently won the national championship in 2022, completing an undefeated season, the first since Virginia in 2006, and the first to go undefeated across 18 games. The team has won ten USILA and NCAA national championships since its promotion to varsity status in 1924 and is a regular fixture in the NCAA tournament.[143][144] The Maryland women's lacrosse team has won 15 national championships, the most of any program in the nation.[145] The team has produced the National Player of the Year/Tewaaraton Award winner eight times, more than any other collegiate program.[146] The Terrapins have also made the most NCAA tournament appearances, won the most tournament games, and made the most NCAA championship game appearances of any program.[147] They most recently won the NCAA championship in 2019.

### Soccer

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The men's soccer team has won four NCAA Division I College Cup national championships, most recently in 2018.[148] Under the guidance of head coach Sasho Cirovski, the soccer team has reached nine Final Fours and won three College Cups since 1997. The soccer team has developed a large, devoted fan base among students and the local community. The attendance record at Ludwig Field was set in 2015 when 8,449 fans saw Maryland win over top-ranked UCLA in extra time.[149] The annual total attendance increased dramatically from 12,710 in 1995 to 35,631 in 2008.[150]

### Field hockey

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The Maryland field hockey team has won a total of eight NCAA national championships and 13 conference championships (10 in the ACC and 5 in the Big Ten).[151]

### Marching band

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The Mighty Sound of Maryland marching band attends all home football games and provides pre-game performances.[152] During basketball season, the marching band provides music in the stands.[153]

## Notable alumni

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Main articles: List of University of Maryland, College Park people and President of the University of Maryland, College Park

See also: Category:University of Maryland, College Park alumni; Category:University of Maryland, College Park faculty; and Category:Maryland Terrapins athletes

* Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google

* Michael D. Griffin, 11th Administrator of NASA

* Steny Hoyer, House Majority Leader and U.S. Representative

* Kathleen Hicks, 35th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense

* Gordon R. England, 29th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense

* Larry David, co-creator of Seinfeld and creator of Curb Your Enthusiasm

* Ed Snider, Chairman of Comcast Spectacor and owner of the Philadelphia Flyers

* Carl Bernstein, investigative journalist

* Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets characters

* Larry D. Welch, 12th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force

* Gayle King, broadcast journalist for CBS News

* Eric Swalwell, U.S. Representative

* Boomer Esiason, sports analyst and former NFL quarterback

* Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard

* Juan Dixon, basketball player

* LTG Stephen G. Olmstead, United States Marine Corps

* Christine Wormuth, 25th United States Secretary of the Army

* Charles Schultze, 11th Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers

Kappa Kappa Gamma Memorial Fountain in front of the Riggs Alumni Center

Notable alumni include House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer;[154] Google co-founder Sergey Brin;[155] The Muppets creator Jim Henson;[156] The Wire creator David Simon;[157] former NFL Quarterback Norman "Boomer" Esiason; CBS host Gayle King; journalist Connie Chung; and Seinfeld co-creator and Curb Your Enthusiasm creator Larry David.[158] Prominent alumni in business include Ed Snider, former chairman of Comcast Spectacor and former owner of the Philadelphia Flyers; journalist Jim Walton, former president and CEO of CNN; Kevin Plank, founder and executive chairman of the athletic apparel company Under Armour; Chris Kubasik, former president of Lockheed Martin; and Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard. Journalist Carl Bernstein, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for his coverage of the Watergate scandal, attended the university but did not graduate.

An arched gateway on campus, located between Montgomery Hall and South Campus Commons #3

Attendees within the fields of science and mathematics are Nobel laureates Raymond Davis Jr., 2002 winner in Physics; Herbert Hauptman, 1985 winner in Chemistry, and Fields Medal winner Charles Fefferman. Other alumni include George Dantzig, considered the father of linear programming; late NASA astronaut Judith Resnik, who died in the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger during the launch of mission STS-51-L; and NASA Administrator Michael D. Griffin.

Several donors have distinguished themselves for their sizable gifts to the university. Businessman Robert H. Smith, who graduated from the university in 1950 with a degree in accounting, gave over $45 million to the business school that now bears his name and to the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, which bears his wife's name.[159] Construction entrepreneur A. James Clark, who graduated with an engineering degree in 1950, donated over $45 million to the college of engineering, which also bears his name.[159] Another engineering donor, Jeong H. Kim, earned his Ph.D. from the university in 1991 and gave $5 million for the construction of a state-of-the-art engineering building.[160] Philip Merrill, a media figure, donated $10 million to the College of Journalism.[161] Robert E. Fischell, physicist, inventor, and holder of more than 200 U.S. and foreign medical patents[162][163][164] donated $30 million to the A. James Clark School of Engineering,[165] establishing the Fischell Department of Bioengineering. Brendan Iribe, a co-founder of Oculus VR, donated $31 million to the university in 2014 towards a new computer science building and scholarships.[166]

## See also

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* Maryland portal

* Shuping Yang commencement speech controversy
* Monroe H. Martin Prize

## Explanatory notes

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1. ^ Other consists of Multiracial Americans & those who prefer not to say.
2. ^ The percentage of students who received an income-based federal Pell grant intended for low-income students.
3. ^ The percentage of students who are a part of the American middle class at the bare minimum.

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Located in: College Park, Maryland – Founded: 1856

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* Duke (basketball)
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* Navy (football)
* Navy (lacrosse)
* Penn State (football)
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* Adele H. Stamp Student Union
* "M" Circle
* McKeldin Mall
* Memorial Chapel
* Morrill Hall
* Statue of Frederick Douglass
* The Rossborough Inn

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Arts and
recreation|

* Arboretum & Botanical Garden
* The Art Gallery
* Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
* David C. Driskell Center
* Observatory
* Tawes Theatre

Facilities|

* Libraries
* Iribe Center
* Space Systems Laboratory

Transportation|

* Shuttle-UM
* College Park–University of Maryland Station

Events|

* Maryland Day

People|

* Alumni
* Faculty
* Benefactors
* Presidents

Student life|

| Student groups|

* Greek life
* Mighty Sound of Maryland
* Monarchy Party

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Media|

* Capital News Service
* The Diamondback
* WMUC-FM

Related|

* Sadat Lectures

* Category

Links to related articles

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College Park, Maryland

Education|

* Prince George's County Public Schools
* Al Huda School
* University of Maryland, College Park
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Lakeland HS

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Government|

* City Hall
* FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
* National Archives at College Park
* NOAA Weather Prediction Center

Landmarks|

* Cory House
* Lake Artemesia
* Ludwig Field
* Marenka House
* National Archives Archeological Site
* Old Parish House
* SECU Stadium
* Rossborough Inn
* Xfinity Center

Transportation|

* College Park Airport
* College Park–University of Maryland station
* Greenbelt station
* Rhode Island Avenue Trolley Trail

| Future|

Adelphi Road–UMGC–UMD station, Baltimore Avenue–UMD station, Campus Drive–UMD station

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University System of Maryland

State universities (1988–present)|

* Bowie
* Coppin
* Frostburg
* Salisbury
* Towson
* University of Baltimore

University of Maryland (1856–1988)|

* Baltimore
* Baltimore County
* College Park
* Eastern Shore
* Global Campus

Regional higher education centers|

* USM at Hagerstown
* USM at Southern Maryland
* Universities at Shady Grove

Research centers|

* Biotechnology Institute
* Center for Environmental Science

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Colleges and universities in Maryland

Public
institutions|

| Univ. System of MD|

* Bowie State University
* Coppin State University
* Frostburg State University
* Salisbury University
* Towson University
* University of Baltimore
* University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute
* University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
* University of Maryland Eastern Shore
* University of Maryland Global Campus
* University of Maryland, Baltimore
* Dental
* Graduate Studies
* Law
* Medicine
* Nursing
* Pharmacy
* Public Health
* Social Work
* University of Maryland, Baltimore County
* University of Maryland, College Park
* University System of Maryland at Hagerstown
* Virginia–Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine

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* Morgan State University
* National Intelligence University
* St. Mary's College of Maryland
* Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
* United States Naval Academy

Private
institutions|

* Capitol Technology University
* Goucher College
* Hood College
* Johns Hopkins University
* Loyola University Maryland
* Maryland Bible College & Seminary
* Maryland Institute College of Art
* McDaniel College
* Mount St. Mary's University
* Yeshivas Ner Yisroel
* Notre Dame of Maryland University
* St. John's College
* St. Mary's Seminary and University
* Stevenson University
* TESST College of Technology
* Washington Adventist University
* Washington College

Community
colleges|

* Allegany College of Maryland
* Anne Arundel Community College
* Baltimore City Community College
* College of Southern Maryland
* Community College of Baltimore County
* Carroll Community College
* Cecil College
* Chesapeake College
* Frederick Community College
* Garrett College
* Hagerstown Community College
* Harford Community College
* Howard Community College
* Montgomery College
* Prince George's Community College
* Wor–Wic Community College

Defunct
institutions|

* Asbury College
* Baltimore International College
* Baltimore College
* Baltimore Hebrew University
* Calvert College
* Chevy Chase Junior College
* Cokesbury College
* Eastern Christian College
* Hagerstown Business College
* Kee Mar College
* Maryland Military and Naval Academy
* Mount Hope College
* Mount Saint Agnes College
* National Labor College
* National Park Seminary
* New Windsor College
* Newton University
* St. Charles College
* Saint Joseph College
* Sojourner–Douglass College
* Washington Medical College
* Woodstock College

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Southeastern Universities Research Association

Standard members|

* Alabama
* UAB
* UAHuntsville
* Arkansas
* Auburn
* Baylor
* Catholic
* UCF
* Christopher Newport
* Clemson
* Delaware
* Duke
* East Carolina
* Florida
* Florida Atlantic
* Florida Tech
* FIU
* Florida State
* George Mason
* George Washington
* Georgetown
* Georgia
* Georgia Tech
* Georgia State
* Hampton
* Houston
* James Madison
* Kentucky
* UL Lafayette
* LSU
* Louisiana Tech
* Maryland
* UMBC
* MIT
* Memphis
* Miami
* Ole Miss
* Mississippi State
* New Orleans
* Norfolk State
* North Carolina A&T
* North Carolina
* NC State
* Oklahoma
* Old Dominion
* Regina
* Rice
* Richmond
* South Carolina
* South Florida
* Southern Miss
* Tennessee
* Texas
* Texas A&M
* Tulane
* Vanderbilt
* Virginia
* VCU
* Virginia Tech
* Virginia State
* West Virginia
* William & Mary

Affiliate members|

* Idaho State
* Ohio

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Public Ivy universities

Richard Moll's 1985 list

Original eight|

* William and Mary
* Miami
* California
* Michigan
* North Carolina
* Texas
* Vermont
* Virginia

"Worthy runners-up"|

* Binghamton
* Colorado
* Georgia Tech
* Illinois
* New College
* Penn State
* Pittsburgh
* Washington
* Wisconsin

Greenes' Guides 2001 list

Eastern|

* Binghamton
* Connecticut
* Delaware
* Maryland
* North Carolina
* Penn State
* Rutgers
* Vermont
* Virginia
* William and Mary

Western|

* Arizona
* California
* Berkeley
* Davis
* Irvine
* Los Angeles
* San Diego
* Santa Barbara
* Colorado
* Washington

Great Lakes|

* Illinois
* Indiana
* Iowa
* Miami
* Ohio State
* Michigan
* Michigan State
* Minnesota
* Wisconsin

Southern|

* Florida
* Georgia
* Texas

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Big Ten Conference

Current members|

* Illinois Fighting Illini
* Indiana Hoosiers
* Iowa Hawkeyes
* Maryland Terrapins
* Michigan Wolverines
* Michigan State Spartans
* Minnesota Golden Gophers
* Nebraska Cornhuskers
* Northwestern Wildcats
* Ohio State Buckeyes
* Oregon Ducks
* Penn State Nittany Lions
* Purdue Boilermakers
* Rutgers Scarlet Knights
* UCLA Bruins
* USC Trojans
* Washington Huskies
* Wisconsin Badgers

Associate members|

* Johns Hopkins Blue Jays (men's and women's lacrosse)
* Notre Dame Fighting Irish (men's ice hockey)

Former members|

* Chicago Maroons

Championships & awards|

* Athlete of the Year
* B1G Super Saturday
* National Championships

Sports|

* Football (Standings, Champions)
* Men's basketball (Regular season, Tournament)
* Women's basketball (Regular season, Tournament)
* Ice hockey (Tournament)
* Men's lacrosse
* Women's lacrosse
* Volleyball

Media|

* Big Ten Network

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Big Ten Academic Alliance

* Illinois
* Indiana
* Iowa
* Maryland
* Michigan
* Michigan State
* Minnesota
* Nebraska
* Northwestern
* Ohio State
* Oregon
* Pennsylvania State
* Purdue
* Rutgers
* UCLA
* USC
* Washington
* Wisconsin

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Association of American Universities

Public|

* Arizona
* Arizona State
* California
* Berkeley
* Davis
* Irvine
* Riverside
* Los Angeles
* San Diego
* Santa Barbara
* Santa Cruz
* Colorado
* Florida
* Georgia Tech
* Illinois
* Indiana
* Iowa
* Kansas
* Maryland
* McGill
* Michigan
* Michigan State
* Minnesota
* Missouri
* New York
* Buffalo
* Stony Brook
* North Carolina
* Ohio State
* Oregon
* Pennsylvania State
* Pittsburgh
* Purdue
* Rutgers
* South Florida
* Texas
* Texas A&M
* Toronto
* Utah
* Virginia
* Washington
* Wisconsin

Private|

* Boston U
* Brandeis
* Brown
* Caltech
* Carnegie Mellon
* Case Western Reserve
* Chicago
* Columbia
* Cornell
* Dartmouth
* Duke
* Emory
* George Washington
* Harvard
* Johns Hopkins
* Miami
* MIT
* Northwestern
* Notre Dame
* NYU
* Penn
* Princeton
* Rice
* Rochester
* Southern California
* Stanford
* Tufts
* Tulane
* Vanderbilt
* Washington St. Louis
* Yale

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Asia|

* Delhi
* Fudan
* Gadjah Mada
* Hong Kong
* Korea
* Singapore National
* Shanghai Jiaotong
* Waseda

Europe|

* Amsterdam
* Birmingham
* Dublin
* Edinburgh
* Glasgow
* KU Leuven
* Lund
* Nottingham
* Zurich

North America|

* California Davis
* Connecticut
* Illinois
* Maryland College Park
* McMaster
* Monterrey

Oceania|

* Auckland
* Melbourne
* New South Wales
* Queensland
* Sydney

South America|

* Chile Pontifical Catholic

Africa|

* Johannesburg

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF
* FAST
* WorldCat

National|

* Germany
* United States
* France
* BnF data
* Australia
* Czech Republic
* Spain
* Norway
* Latvia
* Chile
* Poland
* Vatican
* Israel

Geographic|

* MusicBrainz place

Academics|

* CiNii

Artists|

* ULAN

People|

* Trove

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* IdRef
* SNAC

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