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USM analyst reports mixed enrollment recovery; degree production down since pandemic peak
Summary
Maryland System enrollment rose slightly year‑over‑year but remains below pre‑pandemic levels at many regional universities; degree production fell from a 2022 peak and retention and graduation rates show uneven recovery across campuses.
Budget analyst Sarah Baker presented enrollment, retention and degree data to the House Appropriations Committee Education and Economic Development Subcommittee, summarizing trends across the University System of Maryland (USM).
Baker said overall fall undergraduate enrollment grew 1.6% between 2023 and 2024; when excluding the Global Campus, enrollment increased 0.9%. Seven institutions reported enrollment increases, with the largest institutional percentage increase at University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES, 10.5%). Towson University recorded the largest numeric decrease. After six years of growth, the number of first‑time students declined by 79 (excluding the Global Campus).
Using fall 2019 as a pre‑pandemic baseline, Baker said systemwide enrollment including the Global Campus is 669 students…
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