McDaniel College
McDaniel College admitted 78% of applicants. Its average net price after aid was $22,980 a year. Within six years, 56% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 78%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Not required
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $68,105 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $22,980 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $8,938 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $54,125 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 56%
- Students who return for a second year
- 76%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $62,070 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $23,850
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,617
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 40%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 13 to 1
- Campus setting
- Town
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 17%
- Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness and kinesiology
- 12%
- Psychology
- 9%
- Social sciences
- 8%
- Visual and performing arts
- 8%
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- University of Maryland-College Park MD · 45% admitted
- Towson University MD · 82% admitted
- University of Maryland-Baltimore County MD · 72% admitted
- Morgan State University MD · 82% admitted
- Salisbury University MD · 88% admitted
- Johns Hopkins University MD · 6.4% admitted
- Bowie State University MD · 72% admitted
- United States Naval Academy MD · 9.3% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.