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[quote=Anonymous]A quick overview:

Towson and Salisbury were originally teacher's colleges.  Frostburg was, too.  These were opened based on geography to serve their respective local students.

Bowie State, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, and Coppin University are historically-black colleges.

UMCP was the first Maryland campus, and was an agricultural college to begin with.

UMBC opened up post- WWII because of the huge boom of GI Bill vets in  the Baltimore area.

University of Maryland at Baltimore are the professional schools.  Med school, dentistry, physical therapy, nursing, etc.

University of Maryland University College is on the UMCP campus, but historically has been a night school for working adults.  University of Baltimore was the same thing.  Originally just for juniors and seniors, and grad students.  Most classes were at night.   Now it's a four year school.

St. Mary's is a public college, too, but is not part of the University System of Maryland.

Unofficially, Frostburg and Salisbury have party school reputations.  They aren't near much, and perhaps that's why.  UMCP  has a great reputation for its Engineering program.   UMBC is STEM-heavy, but not as great a reputation as UMCP.   But it's a nice school.     University of Baltimore has great contacts with the local business and legal community in Baltimore.

Hope that helps a bit.

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