Maryland offers a wide range of Colleges choices for international students thinking of studying there. International students may not know what each state is like and how many Colleges may be located there. Therefore, in order to make your Maryland research easier, we’ve sorted some key city data below.
On this page below the city data, you’ll also find a list of the Universities and Colleges in College Park. Clicking on the Colleges's name will take you to a profile containing contact information, program facts, tuition and fees, affiliation and accreditation, admission requirements, information on student enrollment, and much more. Being able to see all the college options in a city can help you decide whether college or university study in College Park is right for you.
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COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND QUICK STATSCounty: Prince George's
Incorporated: 1945
Elevation: 70 feet
Land Area: 5.43 square miles
Population Density: 4955 people per square mile
Population: 26,925
Population change since 2000: 9.20%
Races (City): White Non-Hispanic (66.5%), Black (15.9%), Hispanic (5.5%), Other Asian (2.7%), Other race (2.6%), Chinese (2.6%), Asian Indian (2.5%), Two or more races (2.3%), Korean (1.2%), American Indian (0.7%), Filipino (0.6%) (Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)
Ancestries (City): German (14.7%), Irish (14.0%), English (7.3%), Italian (6.9%), Polish (4.5%), United States (3.4%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Silver Spring, MD (4.9 miles , pop. 76,540)
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Washington, DC (7.4 miles , pop. 572,059)
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (117.7 miles , pop. 1,517,550)
Nearest cities: Berwyn Heights, MD (0.9 miles ), University Park, MD (1.4 miles ), Adelphi, MD (1.5 miles ), Greenbelt, MD (1.5 miles ), Riverdale Park, MD (1.5 miles ), Beltsville, MD (1.7 miles ), East Riverdale, MD (1.7 miles ), Hillandale, MD (1.7 miles )
Airports and Heliports located in College Park: College Park Airport (Runways: 1, Itinerant Ops: 350, Local Ops: 2,500, Military Ops: 50)
College Park Compared to State Average: Median household income above state average. Median house value above state average. Unemployed percentage above state average. Black race population percentage below state average. Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average. Median age significantly below state average. Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average. House age above state average. Number of college students significantly above state average. Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher above state average.
COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND EDUCATION FACTSHigh school or higher: 87.60%
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 40.70%
Graduate or professional degree: 19.00%
Colleges/Universities in College Park:
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-COLLEGE PARK Full-time enrollment: 29,298, Public, Website: www.maryland.edu, Offers Doctor's degree)
Colleges/Universities with over 2000 Students Nearest to College Park:
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-UNIVERSITY COLLEGE about 3 miles, Adelphi, MD, Full-time enrollment: 8,434 CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA about 6 miles, WASHINGTON, DC, FT enrollment: 4,472 UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA about 9 miles, WASHINGTON, DC, FT enrollment: 3,223 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY about 9 miles, WASHINGTON, DC, FT enrollment: 11,674 HOWARD UNIVERSITY about 9 miles, WASHINGTON, DC, FT enrollment: 9,297 GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY about 10 miles, WASHINGTON, DC, FT enrollment: 16,045 AMERICAN UNIVERSITY about 10 miles, WASHINGTON, DC, FT enrollment: 8,859
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