University of Maryland Eastern Shore Overview

University of Maryland Eastern Shore is a public institution situated in Princess Anne, Maryland. 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?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at UMES since the student to facuty ratio is 8 to 1.
• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at UMES.
• For the 2021-2022 academic year, 72% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from UMES with a bachelor's degree make about $43,696 a year. That's 7% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is University of Maryland Eastern Shore?

Contact details for UMES are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	J.T. Williams Hall, Princess Anne, MD 21853-1299
Phone:	410-651-2200
Website:	www.umes.edu

How Do I Get Into UMES?

You can apply to UMES online at: www.umes.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for UMES

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into UMES?

With an acceptance rate of 82%, UMES 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 34% of accepted students are men and 66% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 78%, and the acceptance rate for women is 84%.

Can I Afford University of Maryland Eastern Shore?

The overall average net price of UMES is $27,189. 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

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 UMES, approximately 55% of students took out student loans averaging $6,595 a year. That adds up to $26,380 over four years for those students.

University of Maryland Eastern Shore Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,811 undergraduate students at UMES, with 1,619 being full-time and 192 being part-time.

There are also 573 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,619 full-time undergraduates at UMES, 46% are male and 54% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	24
Black or African American	965
Hispanic or Latino	80
White	123
International Students	37
Other Races/Ethnicities	390

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

In 2022-2023, 1,018 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 29th most popular in Maryland for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

University of Maryland Eastern Shore Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	9	11	30	50
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	0	0	44	44
Criminal Justice & Corrections	37	0	0	37
General Biology	32	0	0	32
Health & Physical Education	25	0	0	25
Sociology	24	0	0	24
Hospitality Management	21	0	0	21
Business Administration & Management	18	0	0	18
General Family & Consumer Sciences	17	0	0	17
Educational Administration	0	0	13	13
General Engineering	12	0	0	12
Engineering Technology (Other)	11	0	0	11
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	6	2	2	10
Accounting	10	0	0	10
Computer Information Systems	9	1	0	10
Information Technology	0	9	0	9
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	8	0	1	9
Air Transportation	9	0	0	9
Food Science Technology	0	5	3	8
Teacher Education Subject Specific	1	7	0	8
General Psychology	8	0	0	8
General Agriculture	6	0	0	6
Marketing	6	0	0	6
Special Education	5	1	0	6
Civil Engineering Technology	6	0	0	6
General English Literature	6	0	0	6
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	5	0	5
Chemistry	2	2	0	4
Pharmacology & Toxicology	0	0	3	3
Criminology	0	3	0	3
Design & Applied Arts	3	0	0	3
Music	3	0	0	3
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	2	0	0	2
Student Counseling	0	2	0	2
History	2	0	0	2
Mathematics	2	0	0	2
Finance & Financial Management	1	0	0	1
Agricultural Economics & Business	0	0	0	0
Other Business, Management & Marketing	0	0	0	0
Allied Health Professions	0	0	0	0
Fisheries Sciences	0	0	0	0
Forestry	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	301	48	96	445

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.