Top Ranked Programs
University of Maryland-College Park's program mix is anchored in Computer Science, with strong representation across engineering, business, and quantitative fields. Social Sciences accounts for 14% of graduates, Business represents 13%, and Engineering makes up 12% — a distribution that reflects the university's research-flagship identity and its proximity to the Washington, D.C., labor market. Across 69 programs serving roughly 9,168 students annually, 52 meet Azimuth's ranking threshold. Computer Science combines large cohort scale with strong earnings, making it a central driver of the institution's overall financial outcomes. Computer Science is the largest program with 954 graduates earning median earnings of $137,931 four years after enrollment, and Azimuth ranks it #28 among nonprofit four-year institutions. The Information Science/Studies program graduates 623 students with median earnings of $109,092, and the The Biology, General program graduates 554 students with median earnings of $64,867. Finance follows with median earnings of $110,648 from 376 graduates, ranked #26 among nonprofit four-year institutions. Computer science and engineering programs at University of Maryland-College Park are high-mobility pathways where graduates enter the national labor market directly — particularly in the technology, defense, and consulting sectors concentrated in the D.C.–Baltimore corridor. Programs like Public Health and Psychology, General, with 458 and 408 graduates respectively, feed a broader set of career outcomes across government, policy, and applied research. The supply-demand map provides context for how these program families align with national labor-market demand.