Hood College Overview

Hood College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Frederick, Maryland. Frederick is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Hood College Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Hood since the student to facuty ratio is 10 to 1.
• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Hood.
• In 2021-2022, 41% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Hood makes roughly $54,057 a year. This is 32% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• On average, it takes about 4.2 years for students from Hood to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Hood College?

Contact details for Hood are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	401 Rosemont Ave, Frederick, MD 21701
Phone:	301-663-3131
Website:	www.hood.edu

How Do I Get Into Hood?

You can apply to Hood online at: www.hood.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for Hood

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	5
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	3
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Hood?

With an acceptance rate of 78%, Hood may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 37% of accepted students are men and 63% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 76%, and the acceptance rate for women is 79%.

Can I Afford Hood College?

The overall average net price of Hood is $34,507. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Hood, approximately 69% of students took out student loans averaging $7,383 a year. That adds up to $29,532 over four years for those students.

Hood College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,217 undergraduate students at Hood, with 1,162 being full-time and 55 being part-time.

There are also 878 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,162 full-time undergraduates at Hood, 36% are male and 64% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	35
Black or African American	215
Hispanic or Latino	137
White	669
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	86

Geographic Diversity

Maryland students aren't the only ones who study at Hood College. At this time, 16 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 36 countries are represented at Hood. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, Saudi Arabia, and Nepal.

Online Learning at Hood College

In 2022-2023, 612 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 21st most popular in Maryland for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Hood majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
General Educational Leadership & Administration	22%
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies	31%
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	60%
Teacher Development & Methodology	33%

Hood College Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	0	41	3	26	20	90
Educational Administration	0	0	64	25	0	89
General Biology	0	22	0	14	0	36
Information Technology	0	0	16	18	0	34
Computer Science	0	13	0	11	0	24
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	1	21	0	22
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	0	21	0	21
General Psychology	0	19	0	0	0	19
Nursing	0	18	0	0	0	18
Fine & Studio Arts	0	8	0	7	0	15
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	14	0	0	0	14
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	1	11	0	12
Mathematics	0	11	0	0	0	11
Computer Information Systems	0	0	0	10	0	10
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	7	0	3	0	10
History	0	10	0	0	0	10
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	10	0	0	10
Social Work	0	10	0	0	0	10
Political Science & Government	0	8	0	0	0	8
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	0	0	0	7	0	7
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	0	0	0	7	0	7
Special Education	0	7	0	0	0	7
General English Literature	0	7	0	0	0	7
Communication & Media Studies	0	6	0	0	0	6
Public Relations & Advertising	0	6	0	0	0	6
Romance Languages	5	1	0	0	0	6
Economics	0	6	0	0	0	6
Natural Resources Conservation	0	5	0	0	0	5
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	4	0	0	0	4
Accounting	0	4	0	0	0	4
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	0	4	0	4
International Studies	0	3	0	0	0	3
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Other)	0	0	0	2	0	2
Chemistry	0	2	0	0	0	2
Sociology	0	2	0	0	0	2
Information Science	0	0	1	0	0	1
Area Studies	1	0	0	0	0	1
Germanic Languages	1	0	0	0	0	1
Music	0	1	0	0	0	1
Finance & Financial Management	0	0	0	0	0	0
Health/Medical Prep Programs	0	0	0	0	0	0
Public Health	0	0	0	0	0	0
Philosophy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Religious Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Psychology	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	7	235	96	187	20	545

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 Andrew.Belair under License

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