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Maryland Colleges Summary

Maryland is a relatively small state, but it still has a fairly healthy number of colleges and post-secondary schools, with more than 85 such institutions having more than 300,000 students. The average SAT score at colleges requiring SATs is over 530. Only eight U.S. states have an SAT score higher than Maryland's.

The University of Maryland is extremely well known and respected, and has over 70,000 students in five locations. Another highly respected school in Maryland is Johns Hopkins University, which has almost 20,000 students. Maryland also has three large community colleges, with more than 10,000 students each: The Community College of Baltimore County, Anne Arundel Community College and Prince George's Community College. There are two other colleges in Maryland with more than 15,000 students, Towson University and Montgomery College.

The State Department of Education for Maryland is located in Baltimore at 200 West Baltimore Street. The web site for the state DOE is located at: http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE.

Maryland Colleges and Career Schools

SchoolCityStudentsDormsOpen AdmissionTypical SAT Range
Aaron's Academy of BeautyWaldorf53 Yes 
Aesthetics Institute of CosmetologyGaithersburg22 Yes 
All-State CareerBaltimore  Yes 
All-State Career Healthcare DivisionBaltimore  Yes 
Allegany College of MarylandCumberland3,778240Yes 
American Beauty AcademyWheaton418 No 
Americare School of Allied HealthWheaton158 No 
Anne Arundel Community CollegeArnold14,834 Yes 
Award Beauty SchoolHagerstown97 Yes 
Baltimore City Community CollegeBaltimore6,814 Yes 
Baltimore Hebrew University IncBaltimore109 No 
Baltimore International CollegeBaltimore492115Yes 
Baltimore School of MassageLinthicum  Yes 
Baltimore Studio of Hair DesignBaltimore115 Yes 
Blades School of Hair DesignCalifornia73 Yes 
Bowie State UniversityBowie5,4641,400NoV: 440-443
M: 427-430
Capitol CollegeLaurel699120NoV: 400-510
M: 420-540
Carroll Community CollegeWestminster3,441 Yes 
Cecil CollegeNorth East2,104 Yes 
Chesapeake CollegeWye Mills2,620 Yes 
College of Notre Dame of MarylandBaltimore3,402406NoV: 460-580
M: 440-580
College of Southern MarylandLa Plata7,741 Yes 
Columbia Union CollegeTakoma Park1,068440NoV: 390-493
M: 373-480
W: 380-503
Coppin State UniversityBaltimore3,932610NoV: 320-450
M: 300-440
Delmarva Beauty AcademySalisbury84 Yes 
DeVry UniversityBethesda  Yes 
Empire Beauty SchoolsOwings Mills  Yes 
Everest InstituteSilver Spring  Yes 
Frederick Community CollegeFrederick5,152 Yes 
Frostburg State UniversityFrostburg4,9931,756NoV: 430-530
M: 420-540
W: 420-520
Garrett CollegeMcHenry777184Yes 
Goucher CollegeBaltimore2,3601,233NoV: 540-670
M: 510-620
Hagerstown Community CollegeHagerstown3,719 Yes 
Hair Academy Inc New CarrolltonNew Carrollton152 Yes 
Hair Expressions AcademyRockville80 Yes 
Harford Community CollegeBel Air5,841 Yes 
Hood CollegeFrederick2,522749NoV: 490-610
M: 490-590
Howard Community CollegeColumbia7,523 Yes 
International Beauty SchoolCumberland87 Yes 
International Beauty School Bel AirBel Air12 No 
ITT Technical InstituteOwings Mills  Yes 
Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore19,6823,159NoV: 630-730
M: 650-760
W: 630-730
Kaplan CollegeFrederick, Hagerstown  Yes 
Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry UniversityBethesda  Yes 
L'Academie de CuisineGaithersburg113 No 
Lincoln Tech®Columbia  Yes 
Loyola College in MarylandBaltimore6,0283,095NoV: 560-650
M: 560-660
Maple Springs Baptist Bible College and SeminaryCapitol Heights167 Yes 
Maryland Beauty AcademyReisterstown37 Yes 
Maryland Beauty Academy of EssexBaltimore64 Yes 
Maryland Institute College of ArtBaltimore2,213657NoV: 530-660
M: 500-620
W: 490-630
McDaniel CollegeWestminster3,6371,324NoV: 500-610
M: 500-630
MedixLandover, Towson, Woodlawn  Yes 
Montgomery Beauty SchoolSilver Spring99 Yes 
Montgomery CollegeRockville23,866 Yes 
Morgan State UniversityBaltimore7,2082,026NoV: 410-490
M: 400-490
W: 390-480
Mount St Mary's UniversityEmmitsburg2,1571,313NoV: 480-590
M: 470-580
National Labor CollegeSilver Spring272165No 
Ner Israel Rabbinical CollegeBaltimore574450No 
New Creations Academy of Hair DesignSuitland33 Yes 
North American Trade SchoolsBaltimore463 No 
Prince George's Community CollegeLargo11,861 Yes 
Robert Paul Academy of Cosmetology Arts & SciencesTimonium49 No 
Salisbury UniversitySalisbury7,5811,700NoV: 510-590
M: 520-610
W: 520-590
Sanford-Brown InstituteLandover  Yes 
Sojourner Douglass CollegeBaltimore1,151 Yes 
St John's CollegeAnnapolis563370No 
St Mary's College of MarylandSaint Mary's City2,0021,570NoV: 570-680
M: 550-660
W: 560-660
St. Mary's Seminary & UniversityBaltimore217100No 
Strayer UniversityBaltimore, Millersville, Owings Mills, Rockville, Suitland  Yes 
Tai Sophia InstituteLaurel423 No 
TESST College of TechnologyBaltimore, Beltsville, Towson  Yes 
The Community College of Baltimore CountyBaltimore19,426 Yes 
Towson UniversityTowson19,7583,517NoV: 490-580
M: 500-590
W: 500-580
United States Naval AcademyAnnapolis4,4414,500NoV: 560-660
M: 600-690
University of BaltimoreBaltimore5,421 NoV: 480-580
M: 450-570
W: 470-560
University of Maryland Eastern ShorePrincess Anne4,0862,100NoV: 360-460
M: 350-460
W: 360-460
University of Maryland BaltimoreBaltimore5,884513No 
University of Maryland Baltimore CountyBaltimore12,0413,853NoV: 520-640
M: 560-660
W: 520-630
University of Maryland College ParkCollege Park36,01410,844NoV: 570-680
M: 600-700
University of Maryland University CollegeAdelphi32,540 Yes 
University of PhoenixColumbia  Yes 
University System of Maryland Research CentersAdelphi  No 
Villa Julie CollegeStevenson3,3041,244NoV: 460-570
M: 460-570
W: 460-570
Washington Bible College Capital Bible SeminaryLanham616112NoV: 410-560
M: 420-580
Washington CollegeChestertown1,2891,010NoV: 520-630
M: 520-610
W: 520-620
Wor Wic Community CollegeSalisbury3,298 Yes 
Yeshiva College of the Nations CapitalSilver Spring4350Yes 
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