Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Morgan State, Bowie State, UMES and UMD at Shady Grove are other in state options.

Isn't Shady Grove just for junior and senior year of college, like after an associates degree?

"All undergraduate programs offered at USG begin at the junior (300) level. Students interested in attending a program at USG must complete approximately 60 credits elsewhere and then transfer."

https://shadygrove.umd.edu/academics

Anonymous wrote:As a Virginia parent, all I can say is wow I had no idea that Maryland colleges were so generally terrible

UMBC send more African American student to STEM PhD programs than any other college in the country. But appreciate your sympathy.

I thought Shady Grove was a satellite campus for all MD schools.

Anonymous wrote:Morgan State, Bowie State, UMES and UMD at Shady Grove are other in state options.

Isn't Shady Grove just for junior and senior year of college, like after an associates degree?

Towson has an incredible dance program. Random and not what most are going for but fun fact.

Salisbury has a strong accounting program. Hubby is a CPA in the DMV and says they staff accountants they've hired from Salisbury have been stellar employees.

Morgan State, Bowie State, UMES and UMD at Shady Grove are other in state options.

Salisbury is business. Area is booming and great to meeting people down there and seek your fortune on Delmarva

Towson is know for teaching. We get interns from Towson at my ES every year. About fewer interns than in years past though.

Anonymous wrote:The other thread on Towson has gotten me thinking about the future. My DD is going into her junior year, so we have some time, but I want to visit schools this year.

What majors is each Maryland school known for?

UMDCP
Towson
UMBC
Salisbury
Frostburg
St. Mary’s

Are there others?

Towson is known for liberal arts (passionate, caring professors) and accounting (good internships and job placement) among other things.

The only two reasons in-state colleges, apart from flagships, are worth considering is if the student is both short of money and short on grades and achievements. The student could also end up at an out-of-state college with enough merit aid to compare with in-state tuition, but it's a matter of luck, and it takes a lot of research and no small amount of luck.

Knowing this, please consider UMBC. It has a utilitarian ethos, but in terms of instruction, it's nearly as good as UMDCP.

In the end, if your kid is lucky, they will find their "best fit" among the colleges that accept them.

The only people I know who went to Salisbury are nurses and teachers so I associate it with that. I see that their only doctorate programs are those fields too.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The other thread on Towson has gotten me thinking about the future. My DD is going into her junior year, so we have some time, but I want to visit schools this year.

What majors is each Maryland school known for?

UMDCP
Towson
UMBC
Salisbury
Frostburg
St. Mary’s

Are there others?

Ignore the hater.

Just in my experience,

Towson: known for education, social sciences, business, arts
UMBC: known for STEM
St. Mary’s: known for liberal arts
Don’t know Salisbury or Frostburg much

+1 also two SMCM's strengths are environmental science and writing.

Anonymous wrote:The other thread on Towson has gotten me thinking about the future. My DD is going into her junior year, so we have some time, but I want to visit schools this year.

What majors is each Maryland school known for?

UMDCP
Towson
UMBC
Salisbury
Frostburg
St. Mary’s

Are there others?

Ignore the hater.

Just in my experience,

Towson: known for education, social sciences, business, arts
UMBC: known for STEM
St. Mary’s: known for liberal arts
Don’t know Salisbury or Frostburg much

The other thread on Towson has gotten me thinking about the future. My DD is going into her junior year, so we have some time, but I want to visit schools this year.

What majors is each Maryland school known for?

UMDCP
Towson
UMBC
Salisbury
Frostburg
St. Mary’s

Are there others?