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University of Maryland - College Park

MD · Public · Mid-Atlantic · National university · Top 50 tier · 31,482 undergraduates (large)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate45%
Early roundNot reported by roundEarly-round counts not in the CDS
Regular round†Not reported by roundEarly-round counts not in the CDS

† Not reported by round: this school publishes an overall admit rate but not applicant and admit counts for each round, so early and regular rates can’t be shown.

Trends, Fall 2025–Fall 2025

Admission rates

Overall
0%25%50%'2545.0%

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

Early Action, non-binding · as reported in the Common Data SetWhat this means:
Early Decision (Common Data Set)No Early Decision
Early Action (Common Data Set)Early Action

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
Test-optionalSchool testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Fall 2028
Fall 2028 policy not yet announced.School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026

Superscoring

What this means:

SAT
Superscores
ACT
Superscores

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Test-optional.

How to send scores

Official scores required when you apply

Have the College Board or ACT send official scores when you apply.

Send all scores? Encouraged

School’s words: “Official standardized test scores must be sent to us directly (electronically or mailed) by the test administrator. ... it is to your benefit to submit all of your test scores.”

Source 1 ↗ · Source 2 ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡44%SAT 37% + ACT 7%

‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.

Submitted SAT37%
Submitted ACT7%

Score ranges (middle 50%)

Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2025. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.

SAT composite
1410–1520 median 1470
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
690–750 median 730
500800
SAT Math
700–780 median 750
500800
ACT composite
32–35 median 34
2036

Trends, Fall 2025–Fall 2025

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'2544%37%7%

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
160015001400'251410–152015201410

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
36343230'2532–353532

Waitlist admit rate

Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.

Not reported

What is a waitlist? How is it different from a deferral?

Test policy in each Common Data Set

History only. The current policy is under Testing above.

  1. Fall 2027 Not reported2025-26 CDS
  2. Fall 2026 CDS not available2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 CDS not available2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2024 CDS not available2022-23 CDS
  5. Fall 2023 CDS not available2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 CDS not available2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 CDS not available2019-20 CDS

Sources