St Mary’s College of Maryland Teaching Programs

Located in St. Mary's City, Maryland, St Mary's College of Maryland is a public institution. St. Mary's City is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

Where Is St Mary’s College of Maryland?

Contact details for SMCM are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	47645 College Drive, St. Mary’s City, MD 20686
Phone:	240-895-2000
Website:	www.smcm.edu

How Do I Get Into SMCM?

You can apply to SMCM online at: https://www.smcm.edu/admissions/how-to-apply/

Admission Requirements for SMCM

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Required
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into SMCM?

SMCM has an acceptance rate of 77%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 73%, and the acceptance rate for women is 80%.

Average Test Scores

About 24% of students accepted to SMCM submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 585 and 690. Math scores were between 550 and 650.

SMCM received ACT scores from 5% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 24 and 30. Math scores were between 25 and 30. Composite scores were between 26 and 32.

Can I Afford St Mary’s College of Maryland?

The overall average net price of SMCM is $34,978. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At SMCM, approximately 40% of students took out student loans averaging $7,189 a year. That adds up to $28,756 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SMCM is 0.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

St Mary’s College of Maryland Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,519 undergraduate students at SMCM, with 1,471 being full-time and 48 being part-time.

There are also 25 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,471 full-time undergraduates at SMCM, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of St Mary's College of Maryland students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	52
Black or African American	159
Hispanic or Latino	121
White	1,023
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	103

Geographic Diversity

Maryland students aren't the only ones who study at St Mary's College of Maryland. At this time, 12 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 4 countries are represented at SMCM. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Japan, and Norway.

Online Learning at St Mary’s College of Maryland

In 2020-2021, 253 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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
• Image Credit: By Steve Pribut under License

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