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=University of Maryland: College Park=

High School diploma required, GED accepted Required units: 15 total English: 4 Foreign Language: 2 Math: 3 Science: 3 Of Science, units that must be lab: 2 Social Studies: 3
 * in state-$8,416
 * out of state-$24,831
 * Room and board-$9,599
 * Estimated personal expenses-$2,268
 * Transportation expense-$756
 * High School Preporation

Recommended units: 16 total Math: 4

Note: Algebra I and Algebra II, plane geometry required. Social studies units should include history.
 * ||~ SAT Critical Reading: || 580 - 680 ||
 * ||~ SAT Math: || 620 - 710 ||

1st-year students:
 * 67% In-state students
 * 33% Out-of-state students
 * 0% Part-time students
 * 47% Women
 * 53% Men
 * <1% American Indian/Alaskan Native
 * 16% Asian/Pacific Islander
 * 9% Black/Non-Hispanic
 * 6% Hispanic
 * 62% White/Non-Hispanic
 * 2% Non-Resident Alien
 * 4% Race/ethnicity unreported


 * 68% had h.s. GPA of 3.75 and higher
 * 17% had h.s. GPA between 3.5 and 3.74
 * 9% had h.s. GPA between 3.25 and 3.49
 * 4% had h.s. GPA between 3.0 and 3.24
 * 2% had h.s. GPA between 2.5 and 2.99


 * University of Maryland Timeline**

July 11, 1862 First degrees awarded.

1864-66 College is bankrupt; becomes a preparatory school.

February 1866 Legislature appropriates money for half ownership; college becomes, in part, a state institution.

October 1867 College reopens with 11 students. in 15 years only 38 students graduate.

November 29, 1912 A fire begun at a Thanksgiving Dance destroys every dormitory, half of the classrooms and offices and most of the college records; the loss appraised at $250,000. Miraculously, there were no injuries or deaths.

1916 State takes over full control of college, changes name to Maryland State College.

1916 First women students enrolled.

1919 College organized into seven schools; Agriculture, Engineering, Arts and Sciences, Chemistry, Education, Home Economics and Graduate School (including Summer School); preparatory school abolished.

1919 First woman receives a bachelor's degree.

1920 Graduate School awards first Ph.D. degrees; of a total of 517 students, 20 are women.

1951 First African American graduate student enrolls at College Park.

1951 First African American undergraduate student, Hiram Whittle, enrolls at College Park.

September 23, 1955 College Park Senate officially established. A faculty governing body had been in place at Maryland as early as 1923.

1958 McKeldin Library completed.

1964 Phi Beta Kappa chapter established.

1965 Tawes Fine Arts Building constructed.

Fall 1985 College Park enrollment reaches 38,679, the highest in its history.

1994-1995 First students enter College Park Scholars program.