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Tightest Maryland Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The next table lists the tightest (low acceptance rate) Maryland colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in low level in recent years. Johns Hopkins University has the lowest acceptance rate as of 7.25% for academic year 2022-2023 in Maryland. For the ranking, we only include 4-years colleges with at least 100 new students (freshmen).
The following table shows the schools that have low acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the highest acceptance rates in Maryland.
Tightest Maryland Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate (2022-2023)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1Johns Hopkins University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBaltimore, MD
7.25%37,8442,7451,40651.22%
2United States Naval Academy
Public, four-yearsAnnapolis, MD
10.75%12,9271,3901,18485.18%
3University of Maryland-College Park
Public, four-yearsCollege Park, MD
44.61%56,76125,3205,84923.10%
4Coppin State University
Public, four-yearsBaltimore, MD
44.95%3,2991,48334723.40%
5St. John's College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAnnapolis, MD
49.90%98249013026.53%
6Washington College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChestertown, MD
74.71%2,5541,90823112.11%
7St. Mary's College of Maryland
Public, four-yearsSt. Mary's City, MD
77.30%2,9342,26841018.08%
8Hood College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsFrederick, MD
77.87%3,0002,33629712.71%
9Towson University
Public, four-yearsTowson, MD
78.60%17,77013,9672,67119.12%
10Mount St. Mary's University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsEmmitsburg, MD
79.57%4,3463,45845913.27%