University of Maryland-College Park's admit rate has held within a 7.9-point band over 14 reported cycles.
The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.
Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.
| Year | Admit rate | Enrolled | 6-yr grad | Retention | SAT (50th) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | 45.0% | 6,559 | 88.3% | 96.6% | 1,470 |
| 2024-2025 | 44.8% | 5,818 | — | — | — |
| 2023-2024 | 44.8% | 6,197 | — | — | — |
| 2022-2023 | 44.5% | 5,821 | — | — | — |
| 2021-2022 | 52.0% | 6,035 | — | — | — |
Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.
Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 32 percentage points.
University of Maryland-College Park's 88.3% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 32.0 pp.
Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.
The schools University of Maryland-College Park applicants most commonly also apply to range from 16.8% admit to 69.2% admit — a 52.4 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.
Admit rate has tightened 7.0 percentage points over 5 reporting cycles.
University of Maryland-College Park's admit rate fell from 52.0% (2021-2022) to 45.0% (2025-2026) — a 7.0 pp drop. Year-over-year: 52.0 → 44.5 → 44.8 → 44.8 → 45.0. A snapshot of the current year alone would hide this structural shift.
First-year retention is among the highest in the index.
University of Maryland-College Park's 96.6% first-year retention exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 76.8% by 19.8 pp — a strong signal of student-institution fit at intake.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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