UMD Out-of-State acceptance

[Anonymous]

UMD Out-of-State acceptance rates are greater than the In-State acceptance rate. Students from Maryland are suffering.

[Anonymous]

This is the case in many states

[Anonymous]

Yield is probably a lot lower for OOS so they need to accept more…

[Anonymous]

This has been true for a while.

Maryland admissions are very different depending on where you are applying from- not just from out of the state, but also from different areas of Maryland.

As for yield, I am curious how they do in-state. I know that they have declining enrollment this year- something like 4% (https://dbknews.com/2025/05/06/umd-enrollment-admissions-fall-2024/) which makes me question whether their strategy for admissions is working like it should.

Being named a public Ivy should make them more desirable for the highest achievers, but I haven't seen that happen.

[Anonymous]

Rates are with 1% of each other

Out of state admission rate for College Park 36%
https://www.usmd.edu/IRIS/DataJournal/Applications/?report=UG-Applicants-First-Time-Admission&Residency=OUT

In state
35%
https://www.usmd.edu/IRIS/DataJournal/Applications/?report=UG-Applicants-First-Time-Admission&Residency=MD

Yield for in state is way higher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This has been true for a while.

Maryland admissions are very different depending on where you are applying from- not just from out of the state, but also from different areas of Maryland.

As for yield, I am curious how they do in-state. I know that they have declining enrollment this year- something like 4% (https://dbknews.com/2025/05/06/umd-enrollment-admissions-fall-2024/) which makes me question whether their strategy for admissions is working like it should.

Being named a public Ivy should make them more desirable for the highest achievers, but I haven't seen that happen.

That decreased enrolment was LAST YEAR. That could be partially blamed on a nearly 50% reduction in admittance for CS, their most popular major.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UMD Out-of-State acceptance rates are greater than the In-State acceptance rate. Students from Maryland are suffering.

How so? There are several other Maryland state Universities with much higher acceptance rates for in-state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is the case in many states

No it is not

NC caps
So does Florida and GA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UMD Out-of-State acceptance rates are greater than the In-State acceptance rate. Students from Maryland are suffering.

I'm sorry, but what is the point of this thread? Would you like us to do something?

[Anonymous]

Posters bashing UMD for out of state acceptances and shutting out in state students … VA colleges are worse. My high stats nephew who graduated from TJ was rejected from UVA and Vtech but was accepted to UMD. Many students with him were also rejected from their in-state VA schools. A lot of them ended up at UMD. I don’t know what colleges gain by rejecting their own in state students.. but this is not unique to UMD IF this is actually happening..

[Anonymous]

Are there any rules for colleges accepting in-state and out-of-state students? Or is this now completely based on the total profit colleges receive?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are there any rules for colleges accepting in-state and out-of-state students? Or is this now completely based on the total profit colleges receive?

Some state legislatures have imposed caps on OOS enrollment, but I’m not aware of any that cap OOS acceptances. Caps on OOS enrollment are the kind of policy that sounds good until you realize it means raising taxes, raising tuition, or cutting back on opportunities for in-state students.

With Maryland in particular, there is the added wrinkle that highly-qualified students from MoCo are often displaced by less qualified students from other counties in Maryland. This is what has happened in North Carolina. Caps on OOS enrollment have made it nearly impossible to get into Chapel Hill OOS, but it remains difficult to get in from the research triangle, because the university wants to serve outlying parts of the state as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Posters bashing UMD for out of state acceptances and shutting out in state students … VA colleges are worse. My high stats nephew who graduated from TJ was rejected from UVA and Vtech but was accepted to UMD. Many students with him were also rejected from their in-state VA schools. A lot of them ended up at UMD. I don’t know what colleges gain by rejecting their own in state students.. but this is not unique to UMD IF this is actually happening..

More $$$s in the form of higher OOS tuition.

Also, in your case, your kids just popped over the Potomac and enrolled at UMD, so it's unlikely they have lost your kid as a high-earning VA resident when they graduate.

Now, if tons of UVA rejects ended up getting snapped up by UCLA or other UC schools and never returning...maybe the state would reconsider.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Posters bashing UMD for out of state acceptances and shutting out in state students … VA colleges are worse. My high stats nephew who graduated from TJ was rejected from UVA and Vtech but was accepted to UMD. Many students with him were also rejected from their in-state VA schools. A lot of them ended up at UMD. I don’t know what colleges gain by rejecting their own in state students.. but this is not unique to UMD IF this is actually happening..

More $$$s in the form of higher OOS tuition.

Also, in your case, your kids just popped over the Potomac and enrolled at UMD, so it's unlikely they have lost your kid as a high-earning VA resident when they graduate.

Now, if tons of UVA rejects ended up getting snapped up by UCLA or other UC schools and never returning...maybe the state would reconsider.

That is not happening in any volume.

[Anonymous]

Maryland residents are benefiting from the OOS tuition being paid which keeps your cost down.