UM's International Profile

The University of Maryland has been a leader in providing higher education to students from around the world for more than 20 years. This has been an important factor in contributing to Maryland's status as a leading public research and land-grant university (According to US News and World Report the University of Maryland was 18th in the ranking of national public universities in 2005).

Open Doors Survey Results

In rankings published by Open Doors, a national survey, the University of Maryland, College Park ranked 18th among research institutions in international student population with 3,476 students for the 2005-6 academic year.

In addition, the College Park campus hosts approximately 1,100 international faculty and scholars each year from more than 80 different countries. Students come from 128 different countries.

Statistics are reported in OPEN DOORS 2006, the annual report on international education published by the Institute of International Education (IIE) in New York, with support from the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. For more information see http://opendoors.iienetwork.org/