College of Southern Maryland Teaching Programs

College of Southern Maryland is a public institution located in La Plata, Maryland. Students who love country life may enjoy the rural location of CSM.

Where Is College of Southern Maryland?

Contact details for CSM are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	8730 Mitchell Rd, La Plata, MD 20646-0910
Phone:	301-934-2251
Website:	www.csmd.edu

How Do I Get Into CSM?

You can apply to CSM online at: https://www.csmd.edu/apply-register/credit/

College of Southern Maryland has an open admissions policy, so you don't have to worry about getting into the school if you have a high school diploma or its equivalent.

Can I Afford College of Southern Maryland?

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At CSM, approximately 7% of students took out student loans averaging $4,964 a year. That adds up to $19,856 over four years for those students.

College of Southern Maryland Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,660 undergraduate students at CSM, with 2,061 being full-time and 3,599 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,061 full-time undergraduates at CSM, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of College of Southern Maryland students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	106
Black or African American	504
Hispanic or Latino	174
White	1,030
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	238

Over 21 countries are represented at CSM. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Jamaica, Vietnam, and Philippines.

Online Learning at College of Southern Maryland

In 2022-2023, 3,783 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at CSM has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 9th most popular in Maryland for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

College of Southern Maryland Teaching Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	TOTAL
Elementary Education	10	10
General Education	6	6
Early Childhood Education	2	2
TOTAL	18	18

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.