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Notre Dame of Maryland University

Baltimore, Maryland·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Mid East·ndm.edu
6-yr Graduation
50%
-15.5pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Total enrollment
1,788
peer median 2,635
Avg net price
$19,169
-$5.0k vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
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Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

IPEDS
Applied
2,803
2,803 candidates competed
Admitted
2,303
82.2% acceptance rate
Enrolled
183
7.9% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
50%-15.5pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
4-year graduation
43%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
50%
Full-time retention
73%

Pell equity

13.7pp gap
Pell recipients
44%56 of 127
Non-Pell (all)
58%56 of 97
Subsidized loan, no Pell
64%29 of 45
No Federal Aid
52%27 of 52

Non-Pell students graduate at a 13.7-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.

FVT/GE

Of 53 Title IV programs, 8 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 45 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
53
Passing
8
15.1% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

53programs
  • Passing8 · 15.1%
  • No Data45 · 84.9%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
8
No data
45

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.

8
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Master's Degree · Education
+36.3%
$63,218 vs $46,391
English Language and Literature General
Master's Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
+39.0%
$68,760 vs $49,483
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Bachelor Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+51.5%
$55,294 vs $36,491
Special Education and Teaching
Master's Degree · Education
+53.7%
$71,297 vs $46,391
Education General
Master's Degree · Education
+56.2%
$72,480 vs $46,391
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+97.2%
$121,955 vs $61,854
Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Sciences and Administration
First Professional Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+110.3%
$130,109 vs $61,854
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+170.2%
$98,587 vs $36,491

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

5
Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Sciences and Administration
First Professional Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
179%
$232,964 debt · $130,109 earn
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Bachelor Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
45%
$24,750 debt · $55,294 earn
Education General
Master's Degree · Education
34%
$24,633 debt · $72,480 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Master's Degree · Education
32%
$20,500 debt · $63,218 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
23%
$23,000 debt · $98,587 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Accredited since 1925Next review Jan 2026

Programmatic accreditations · 12

Action history · 17

  1. Aug 2024Initial Accreditation
    American Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education · Occupational Therapy (OTD) - Programs leading to a Doctoral Degree
  2. Mar 2024Deferral of Action
    American Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education · Occupational Therapy (OTD) - Programs leading to a Doctoral Degree
  3. Feb 2024Grant Substantive Change: Other
    Middle States Commission on Higher Education
  4. Jan 2024Grant Substantive Change: Ownership
    Middle States Commission on Higher Education
  5. Apr 2023Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary Withdrawal
    Commission on English Language Program Accreditation · English Language

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$11,843
$30–48k$17,637
$48–75k$17,882
$75–110k$21,409
$110k+$24,990

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$19,169
-$5,041vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs median $24,211
Federal loans
49.3%
In-state tuition
$43,360
Out-of-state
$43,360

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 308 students received $1.8M in Pell grants, alongside $21.6M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
308
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$1.8M
$1,755,174 total
Direct Loans
$21.6M
1,496 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

0k
’20
0k
’21
0k
’22
0k
’23
0k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$1.4M
354 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$1.7M
369 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$10.7M
511 loan awards
Parent PLUS$873K
55 loan awards
Grad PLUS$7.0M
207 loan awards

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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 441 borrowers who entered repayment, 6 (1.3%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.3%
-1.0pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
441
Defaulted
6
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
4.8%
2017
4.1%
2018
3.4%
2019
1.3%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* 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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Notre Dame of Maryland

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs65
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

532 total completions
01Health Professions
31559.2%
02Education
14126.5%
03Liberal Arts
519.6%
04Communication
61.1%
05Computer Sciences
40.8%
06Business
40.8%
07Biological Sciences
40.8%
08English Language
30.6%
09Multi/Interdisciplinary
20.4%
10Mathematics
20.4%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
1,788
12-mo unduplicated
3,212
Undergraduate
1,190
Graduate
2,022

Gender split

Men
19%609
Women
81%2,603

Race / ethnicity composition

Black
36.7%
White
28.5%
Hispanic
13.1%
Unknown
11.1%
Asian
4.5%
Non-resident
3.5%
Two or more
2.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
159
76 M · 83 W
Women athletes
52.2%
Athletic aid
$0
Total student aid
Budget
$918K
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$0
$0
Recruiting expense
$704
$3K
Head-coach salaries
$13K
$9K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 9

Soccer
24 M · 16 W
$74K
Baseball
38 M · —
$71K
Basketball
18 M · 13 W
$97K
Volleyball
— · 19 W
$40K
Tennis
— · 14 W
$8K
Lacrosse
— · 13 W
$27K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
6.54
12 offenses · 1,836 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago3.461 yr ago6.54Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
18
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
3
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
3

Criminal offenses by type

Rape
8
Motor vehicle theft
4

By location

12total
  • On campus6
  • Public property6

Includes 4 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
2
Stalking
2 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs01
Liquor07

Residence-hall fires

  • Doyle Hall1 fire
    CookingDamage $0-$99

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

IPEDS
Student-to-faculty
9.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
92

Notre Dame of Maryland vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Notre Dame of Maryland selected for federal comparison reporting.

IPEDS
GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

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
SubjectNotre Dame of Maryland University
50%—1,788$19,169Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Hood College
57%77.8%2,101$20,873Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
McDaniel College
63%77.9%2,868$21,916Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Stevenson University
68%78.9%3,684$26,505Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Loyola University Maryland
79%75.5%4,897$30,574Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Nazareth University
73%74.7%2,401$29,357Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Peer group median66%77.8%2,635$24,211

Institutions like Notre Dame of Maryland

Explore the federal data for institutions in Notre Dame of Maryland's comparison group.

IPEDS

Campuses

The 1 campus that make up Notre Dame of Maryland University.

IPEDS

Notre Dame of Maryland Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Office
Office of Institutional Research
Reports to Institutional Effectiveness
Phone
410-435-0100
Address
4701 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21210

We are committed to providing quality information and analysis services to support the University's mission.

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Team
1 member
  • Tricia Selby
    Director of Institutional Research

Frequently asked questions about Notre Dame of Maryland University

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Notre Dame of Maryland.

What is the graduation rate at Notre Dame of Maryland University?

Notre Dame of Maryland University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 50% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Notre Dame of Maryland University?

Notre Dame of Maryland University reports a total enrollment of 1,788 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Notre Dame of Maryland University?

The average net price at Notre Dame of Maryland University is $19,169 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Notre Dame of Maryland University?

Notre Dame of Maryland University's yield rate is 7.9%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Notre Dame of Maryland University located?

Notre Dame of Maryland University is located in Baltimore, Maryland 21210-2476.

Who runs Institutional Research at Notre Dame of Maryland University?

Notre Dame of Maryland University's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Research, which reports to Institutional Effectiveness.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
U.S. Department of Education
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
U.S. Department of Education
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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