University of Maryland Eastern Shore Overview
Located in Princess Anne, Maryland, University of Maryland Eastern Shore is a public institution. The location of UMES is a good match for students who are interested in living in a college town while they pursue their degree.
What Is University of Maryland Eastern Shore Known For?
- The highest award offered at UMES is the doctor's degree.
- For the 2017-2018 academic year, 73% of the faculty were full-time.
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Where Is University of Maryland Eastern Shore?

Contact details for UMES are given below.
Contact Details | |
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Address: | J.T. Williams Hall, Princess Anne, MD 21853-1299 |
Phone: | 410-651-2200 |
Website: | www.umes.edu |
Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/umesnews |
Twitter: | http://twitter.com/umesnews |
How Do I Get Into UMES?
You can apply to UMES online at: www.umes.edu/Admissions/Default.aspx?id=4322
Admission Requirements for UMES
Submission | Required? |
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High School GPA | required |
High School Rank | neither required nor recommended |
High School Transcript | required |
College Prep Program | recommended |
Recommendations | recommended |
SAT or ACT Scores | required |
TOEFL | required |
How Hard Is It To Get Into UMES?
Approximately 37% of accepted students are men and 63% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 39%, and the acceptance rate for women is 39%.
Average Test Scores
About 88% of students accepted to UMES submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 430 and 520. Math scores were between 430 and 520.
Can I Afford University of Maryland Eastern Shore?
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 UMES, approximately 70% of students took out student loans averaging $6,463 a year. That adds up to $25,852 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UMES is 13.3%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.
University of Maryland Eastern Shore Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are also 596 graduate students at the school.
Gender Diversity
Of the 2,360 full-time undergraduates at UMES, 44% are male and 56% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity
The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Maryland Eastern Shore students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity | Number of Grads |
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Asian | 36 |
Black or African American | 1,702 |
Hispanic or Latino | 96 |
White | 191 |
International Students | 67 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 268 |
Geographic Diversity
Maryland students aren't the only ones who study at University of Maryland Eastern Shore. At this time, 18 states are represented by the student population at the school.
Over 48 countries are represented at UMES. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Nigeria, China, and Jamaica.
Online Learning at University of Maryland Eastern Shore
The following chart shows how the online learning population at UMES has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 41st most popular in Maryland for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2017-2018.
Online Growth Rankings of UMES
The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of Maryland Eastern Shore was 21.5%. This is the #850 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at UMES regardless of major.
The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of UMES majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.
Major | 1-Year Growth Rate |
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Computer & Information Sciences | 24% |
Information Technology | 50% |
The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at UMES ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at UMES.
Major | Growth Rate Rank | |
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Information Technology | #37 | |
Computer & Information Sciences | #93 |
When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.
University of Maryland Eastern Shore Undergraduate Concentrations
The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.
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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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