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Maryland: Almanac 2012

August 26, 2012

DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 19	5,773,552	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	6.3%	6.5%
5 to 14	12.9%	13.3%
15 to 19	7.0%	7.1%
20 to 24	6.8%	7.0%
25 to 44	27.0%	26.6%
45 to 64	27.7%	26.4%
65 and older	12.3%	13.0%

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DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 19	5,773,552	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	6.3%	6.5%
5 to 14	12.9%	13.3%
15 to 19	7.0%	7.1%
20 to 24	6.8%	7.0%
25 to 44	27.0%	26.6%
45 to 64	27.7%	26.4%
65 and older	12.3%	13.0%
Racial and ethnic distribution:
American Indian	0.4%	0.9%
Asian	5.5%	4.8%
Black	29.4%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
White	58.2%	72.4%
More than one race	2.9%	2.9%
Hispanic (may be any race)	8.2%	16.3%
Other	3.6%	6.2%
Educational attainment of adults (highest level):
8th grade or less	4.5%	6.2%
Some high school, no diploma	7.8%	8.7%
High-school diploma	26.4%	29.0%
Some college, no degree	19.3%	20.6%
Associate degree	6.4%	7.5%
Bachelor’s degree	19.8%	17.6%
Master’s degree	10.7%	7.2%
Doctoral degree	2.3%	1.2%
Professional degree	3.0%	2.0%
Proportion who speak a language other than English at home:
	15.3%	20.0%
Per capita personal income:
State rank: 5	$51,038	$41,663
Poverty rate:
	9.9%	15.3%
New public-high-school graduates:
Estimated for 2012-13	55,700	2,912,480
Projected change from 2007-8 to 2020-21	-7.5%	-0.6%
New GED diploma recipients:
	4,884	434,126

FINANCE
	State:	Nation:
Average tuition and fees:
At public 4-year institutions	$7,579	$7,136
At public 2-year institutions	$3,237	$2,439
At private 4-year institutions	$29,516	$22,771
State funds for higher-education operating expenses:
	$1,605,768,781	$72,543,813,412
One-year change:	0.6%	-7.5%
State spending on student aid:
Need-based grants	$88,657,000	$6,543,322,000
Non-need-based grants	$5,114,000	$2,698,392,000
Nongrant aid	$7,601,000	$1,813,221,000
Total	$101,372,000	$11,054,934,000
Total spending on research and development by colleges and universities:
	$3,139,254,000	$61,234,893,000
One-year change	3.1%	6.9%
Sources of research financing:
Federal government	77.2%	61.2%
State and local governments	2.0%	6.3%
Industry	3.1%	5.2%
Nonprofit	4.6%	6.1%
Institution itself	12.1%	19.4%
Other	1.0%	1.7%
Share of research spending for specific fields:
Engineering	29.3%	15.3%
Environmental sciences	4.8%	4.9%
Life sciences	44.1%	57.0%
Math and computer sciences	5.5%	3.7%
Physical sciences	8.6%	7.6%
Psychology	0.9%	1.8%
Social sciences	3.8%	3.3%
Other sciences	1.6%	1.9%
Fields other than science and engineering	1.4%	4.7%
Largest endowment:
Johns Hopkins University	$2,598,467,000
Top fund raisers:
Johns Hopkins University	$485,410,060
University of Maryland at College Park	$96,727,402
University of Maryland at Baltimore	$84,142,789

THE PROFESSION
	State:	Nation:
Average pay of full-time professors
Public doctoral institutions:
Professor	$110,698	$112,647
Associate professor	$82,422	$78,804
Assistant professor	$70,008	$67,236
All	$79,289	$81,647
Public master’s institutions:
Professor	$85,181	$87,677
Associate professor	$67,810	$70,215
Assistant professor	$60,595	$59,511
All	$65,249	$68,178
Private nonprofit doctoral institutions:
Professor	$142,660	$133,973
Associate professor	$92,862	$86,108
Assistant professor	$84,569	$72,242
All	$99,551	$95,028
Private nonprofit master’s institutions:
Professor	$75,949	$82,002
Associate professor	$66,360	$66,466
Assistant professor	$55,806	$55,352
All	$65,908	$65,735
Other 4-year institutions:
Public	n/a	$61,039
Private nonprofit	n/a	$65,697
2-year colleges:
Public	$66,105	$62,301
Private nonprofit	n/a	$46,347

STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment:
Undergraduate	305,358	18,078,672
Graduate and professional	72,609	2,937,454
At public 4-year institutions	162,403	7,924,771
At public 2-year institutions	147,376	7,218,038
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	54,894	3,822,260
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	n/a	32,660
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	9,082	1,588,220
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	4,212	430,177
Total	377,967	21,016,126
Public institutions	82%	72%
4-year institutions	60%	63%
2-year institutions	40%	37%
Degrees awarded:
Associate	12,446	849,452
Bachelor’s	28,012	1,650,014
Master’s	16,019	693,025
Doctorate	2,665	158,558
Residence of new students:
State: State residents made up 79% of all freshmen enrolled in Maryland in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year; 65% of all Maryland residents who were freshmen attended college in their home state.
Nation: 81% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.
Graduation rates at public 4-year institutions:
All	62.3%	56.0%
Men	61.4%	53.0%
Women	63.2%	58.5%
American Indian	78.0%	37.0%
Asian	69.0%	66.3%
Black	38.6%	38.3%
Hispanic	70.0%	47.8%
White	73.2%	58.9%

ACCESS AND EQUITY
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment highlights:
American Indian	1,381	196,374
Asian	24,399	1,218,118
Black	112,474	3,038,751
Pacific Islander	587	64,046
Hispanic	21,549	2,741,448
White	196,590	12,722,549
Foreign	15,208	709,565
Two or more races	5,779	325,275
Total	377,967	21,016,126
Women	57.9%	57.0%
Minority	44.0%	36.1%
Underrepresented minority	35.8%	28.4%
Foreign	4.0%	3.4%
Full-time	52.9%	62.2%
Test scores:
State: Students averaged 1492 on the SAT, which was taken by an estimated 74% of Maryland’s high-school seniors.
Nation: Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1500 on the SAT.

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
	State:	Nation:
Number of institutions:
Public 4-year institutions	13	678
Public 2-year institutions	16	978
Private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	22	1,543
Private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	0	87
Private 4-year institutions, for-profit	5	649
Private 2-year institutions, for-profit	5	664
Total	61	4,599
Institution censured or sanctioned by the AAUP:
Baltimore City Community College
Institutions under NCAA sanctions:
None