unitid 163912 · St. Mary's City, MD · public 4-year · rural (fringe)
St. Mary's College of Maryland
- enrollment 2023
- 1,657
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
69%
25th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
1,603
20th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
21%
undergrads on Pell grants
19th pctl among public 4-years
completion
70%
finish within 150% time
89th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$31,865
92nd pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$18,441
after aid, aided students
86th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$60,110
after entry, Title IV students
73rd pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$21,000
63rd pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $2,889 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
family income mix not reported
- Median family income
- $85,000
- First-generation students
- 23%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $15,298
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.9× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology, General. | 51 | $55,033 | $21,500 |
| Biology, General. | 40 | $64,372 | $20,607 |
| Economics. | 37 | $75,600 | $24,946 |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research. | 30 | — | $20,000 |
| English Language and Literature, General. | 22 | $54,599 | $21,552 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 20 | $95,869 | $22,000 |
| Political Science and Government. | 18 | $59,056 | $25,000 |
| Education, General. | 14 | — | — |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services. | 14 | — | — |
| Mathematics. | 14 | $61,890 | — |
| Fine and Studio Arts. | 13 | — | — |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology. | 12 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.