For over 125 years, Notre Dame has educated leaders who make a difference in their professional fields, their families, their communities and the world.

Notre Dame of Maryland University is a private, Catholic university established in 1895 with the mission to educate leaders to transform the world. NDMU is a comprehensive University offers a wide variety of full- and part-time undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and certificate programs for women and men.

The University enrolls approximately 2,000 students and has Schools of Arts, Sciences, and Business; Education; Nursing; and Pharmacy. Additionally, the University offers programs for adult students fully online and at several locations across the state.

NDMU is located on a beautiful 60-acre wooded campus in the northern Baltimore residential neighborhood of Homeland.

Class of 2023 Graduate Profile
  • 554 total students graduated from the University in Class of 2023 (summer 2022, Fall 2022, spring 2023)
  • 232 received a Bachelor’s Degree
  • 210 received a Master’s Degree
  • 82 received a Doctoral Degree
  • 16 received a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate
  • 14 received a Post-Master’s Certificate
Fall 2023 Enrollment Figures
  • Total head count of students: 1,836 (686 undergraduates and 1,150 graduate and professional degree students).
  • 86% of the total student population are Maryland residents.
  • 47% of the total student population are of a minority ethnic background.
  • 83% of traditional undergraduate students are Maryland residents (45% of TRAD undergraduate students are from Baltimore County and Baltimore City), 14% are out-of-state residents (16 different states), and 3% are international.
  • 51% of traditional undergraduate students are of a minority ethnic background.
  • 24% of traditional undergraduate students are first-generation students, and 50% are Pell eligible students.
  • In 2023, NDMU enrolled the 2nd largest first-year incoming class in the University’s history in the traditional undergraduate program
Accreditation, Approvals & Affiliations
  • Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)
  • Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP)
  • Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
  • Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
  • Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)
  • Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP)
  • Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy (ACOTE) (Pre-Accreditation)
  • Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) (provisional)
  • Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC)
  • Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE)
  • Maryland Board of Nursing (MBN)
  • National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (NC-SARA)
Faculty & Staff Profile
  • 97 full-time faculty
  • 7 part-time faculty
  • 123 adjunct faculty
  • 33% FT faculty tenured
  • 92% FT hold doctoral or terminal degrees
  • 8:1 undergraduate student-faculty ratio
  • 167 full-time staff
  • 34 part-time staff
Facilities
  • 60-acre wooded campus
  • 16 buildings, total of 750,000 square feet
  • Age ranges from 3 to over 150 years
Alumnae & Alumni Network

Approximately 25,000 graduates live in all 50 states and 40
foreign countries, 67% live in Maryland.

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History

The institution was first founded in 1873 by the School Sisters of Notre Dame as the Notre Dame of Maryland Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies and Preparatory School for Little Girls.

In 1895, Notre Dame received state approval to begin four year baccalaureate-level instruction. The April 1896 College charter from the State of Maryland granted the right to award degrees up to and including the doctorate. Notre Dame offers degree programs at the bachelor’s, master’s, postmaster’s, and doctoral level.

Recent Milestones

September 9, 2011: On the 116th anniversary of the first day of college classes offered on the campus—the institution was renamed Notre Dame of Maryland University. NDMU has four academic schools: Arts, Sciences, and Business; Education; Nursing; and Pharmacy.

July 1, 2014: Current president Marylou Yam, Ph.D. became the 14th president of the University. 

2015: NDMU received non-governmental organization (NGO) status with the United Nations. NDMU is the only college or university in Maryland to have such a designation.

2018: NDMU launched the Women’s Leadership Institute of Baltimore to serve as a convener of women in the Baltimore region to address issues of gender inequity.

2020: The University celebrated its 125th year of educating leaders to transform the world.

2022: The University announced that it would become gender-inclusive at all levels beginning in fall 2023. This transformative step is an extension of Notre Dame’s mission to educate leaders to transform the world

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