Frostburg State University
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 7.7-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 62 Title IV programs, 27 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 34 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing27 · 43.5%
- No Data34 · 54.8%
- Failing1 · 1.6%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Programmatic accreditations · 3
Action history · 6
- Jun 2025Renewal of AccreditationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Oct 2019Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the graduate degree levels
- Apr 2019Grant Substantive Change: OtherMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Apr 2019Grant Substantive Change: DegreeMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Nov 2017Renewal of AccreditationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 1,199 students received $6.8M in Pell grants, alongside $18.1M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 1,326 borrowers who entered repayment, 37 (2.7%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Frostburg State
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 16
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus10
Includes 9 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Frostburg State vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Frostburg State selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectFrostburg State University | 50% | — | 4,104 | $16,715 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
| 38% | 78.7% | 3,187 | $13,868 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 38% | 72.4% | 6,353 | $19,298 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 68% | 87.5% | 7,025 | $17,743 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 69% | 82.0% | 19,401 | $17,413 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 56% | 86.5% | 5,161 | $23,726 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| Peer group median | 53% | 82.0% | 5,757 | $17,578 |
Institutions like Frostburg State
Explore the federal data for institutions in Frostburg State's comparison group.
- Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsMaryland
University of Baltimore
Grad rate38%Admit rate78.7%Enrollment3,187Net price$13,868View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsMaryland
Bowie State University
Grad rate38%Admit rate72.4%Enrollment6,353Net price$19,298View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsMaryland
Salisbury University
Grad rate68%Admit rate87.5%Enrollment7,025Net price$17,743View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsMaryland
Towson University
Grad rate69%Admit rate82.0%Enrollment19,401Net price$17,413View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPennsylvania
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
Grad rate56%Admit rate86.5%Enrollment5,161Net price$23,726View data
Frostburg State Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The IR unit provides management information and centralized data products to customers both within and outside the University. It supports the campus community by providing data for planning, policy analysis, and decision-making.
Visit IR office page- Selina SmithDirector - Assessment and Institutional Research
- Sean MortonSenior Institutional Research Analyst - Assessment and Institutional Research
Common Data Set
Frostburg State's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Source publications
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