University of Maryland Facts -- November 2012
Nov. 19, 2012
ACADEMICS
Chartered in 1856
Admitted into the Association of American Universities (AAU) in 1969
A land-grant university and member of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU)
Accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Ranked No. 19 among all public universities and No. 58 overall in U.S. News & World Report's most recent evaluation of America's Best Universities
RESEARCH
Recognized by the Carnegie Foundation as a "Research/Very High Research Activity" University (Tier 1)
Generates over $500 million annually in research funding
Along with regional real estate partners, helped create M Square Research Park (the state's largest), a dynamic location for science and technology companies.
M Square focuses on key technology clusters including homeland and national security, environmental and earth sciences and food safety and security.
ENROLLMENT
Fall 2012 undergraduate enrollment is 26,538
75 percent are in-state
20 percent are out-of-state
2 percent are from outside the United States
Fall 2012 graduate enrollment is 10,710
34 percent are in-state
37 percent are out-of-state
28 percent are from outside the United States
CONFERENCE HISTORY
Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association (1894-1897)
South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1918-1920)
Southern Conference (1921-1952)
Left SAIAA with 13 other institutions to become a charter member
Atlantic Coast Conference (1953-present)
Left Southern Conference with six other institutions to become a charter member
ATHLETICS
20 varsity teams (8 men's teams; 12 women's teams)
14 different sports (football, basketball, baseball, softball, field hockey, cross country, golf, gymnastics, tennis, track & field, wrestling, volleyball, soccer, lacrosse)
35 national championships in seven varsity sports
Football (1): 1953
Men's Basketball (1): 2002
Women's Basketball (1): 2006
Field Hockey (8): 1987, 1993, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011
Men's Lacrosse (10): 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1967, 1973, 1975
Women's Lacrosse (11): 1981, 1986, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2010
Men's Soccer (3): 1968, 2005, 2008
FOOTBALL
One national championship (1953)
11 Southern Conference or ACC championships
Four undefeated regular seasons (1951, 1953, 1955, 1976)
24 bowl appearances
Most recent - 51-20 win over East Carolina in the 2010 Military Bowl
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Five ACC regular-season championships (1975, 1980, 1995 [co], 2002, 2010 [co])
Three ACC Tournament titles (1958, 1984, 2004)
24 NCAA Championship appearances
One national championship (2002)
Two Final Fours (2001, 2002)
Five Elite Eights
13 Sweet 16s
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
10 ACC Championships
Most of any school (1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 2009, 2012)
20 NCAA Championship appearances
One national championship (2006)
Four Final Fours (1978, 1982, 1989, 2006)
Nine Elite Eights
13 Sweet 16s
CONFERENCE
194 conference titles as a member of the ACC (outright or shared)
NOTABLE ATHLETES
Joe Smith, Men's Basketball
2005 Naismith College Player of the Year
Boomer Esiason, Football
Two-time All-Pro selection,
1988 NFL MVP,
Current CBS NFL Analyst
Randy White, Football
1974 Outland and Lombardi Trophy Award winner
Nine-time All-Pro selection
Member of the College and Pro Football Hall of Fames
Renaldo Nehemiah, Track & Field
Former world record holder in 110m hurdles
NOTABLE COACHES
Gary Williams, Men's Basketball (1989-2011)
NCAA title (2002)
Two Final Fours (2001, 2002)
Former BTN analyst
"Curly" Byrd, football (1911-1934)
Athletic Director (1915-1935)
University President (1936-1954)
Coached baseball (1913-1923)
Bobby Ross, football (1982-1986)
Won three consecutive ACC titles
Coached the San Diego Chargers and Detroit Lions in the NFL
NOTABLE ALUMNI
One Rhodes Scholar, Charles Thomas McMillen
Two Nobel Laureates
18 Pulitzer Prize winners
Other:
Jim Henson - creator, Muppets
Sergey Brin - co-founder, Google
Carly Fiorina - former chair and CEO, Hewlett-Packard
Thomas R. Norris - retired Navy SEAL and Medal of Honor winner
Galo Plaza - former President of Ecuador and former Secretary-General of the Organization of American States
Mary Stallings Coleman - former Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, first female justice on the Michigan Supreme Court
Carl Bernstein - key reporter for the Washington Post's Pulitzer Prize winning coverage of the Watergate coverup
Dominique Dawes - Three-time Olympic gymnast and 1996 gold medalist
Larry David - Co-creator, "Seinfeld" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
David Simon - Creator, "The Wire" and "Homicide: Life on the Street"
Connie Chung - Anchor and reporter for various TV networks
Robert Briskman - Co-founder, Sirius Satellite Radio
Kevin Plank - Founder and CEO, Under Armour
NOTABLE MARYLANDERS
Clara Barton - founder, American Red Cross
Frederick Douglass - U.S. abolitionist
Roger Easton - principal inventor, Global Positioning System (GPS)
Francis Scott Key - author, Star Spangled Banner
Thurgood Marshall - former U.S. Supreme Court Justice and civil rights leader
Nancy Pelosi - former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
Edgar Allen Poe - poet and writer
Raymond Spruance - WWII admiral, led U.S. naval forces to decisive victory at Battle of Midway
H.L. Mencken - journalist
Upton Sinclair - writer
BIG TEN/MARYLAND ATHLETIC CONNECTIONS
Gary Williams
Maryland's all-time winningest men's basketball coach
Former head coach at Ohio State and BTN analyst
Kerry McCoy
Maryland wrestling coach
Three-time All-American at Penn State
Penn State's male Athlete of the Year in 1997
Ron Vanderlinden
Current Penn State assistant football coach
Former Northwestern assistant football coach
Head football coach at Maryland from 1997-2000
Kelly Amonte Hiller
Northwestern women's lacrosse coach
Seven national championships with the Wildcats
Two national championships as a student-athlete at Maryland
Four-time All-American
Dr. Tom Davis
Long-time Iowa men's basketball coach
Maryland assistant coach from 1967-1971
Lee Corso
Former Indiana head football coach
Current ESPN commentator
Quarterbacks coach at Maryland from 1959-1965
Brenda Frese
Maryland women's basketball head coach
Former head coach at Minnesota
Pat Fitzgerald
Northwestern football coach
Began his coaching career as a linebacker coach at Maryland in 1998
Bill O'Brien
Penn State football coach
Spent two seasons as a running backs coach at Maryland
Tubby Smith
Minnesota men's basketball coach
Born in Scotland, Maryland
