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Facts & Figures

For 130 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.

facts and figures

  • 473 total students graduated from the University in Class of 2024 (summer 2023, Fall 2023, spring 2024)
  • 195 received a Bachelor’s Degree
  • 169 received a Master’s Degree
  • 67 received a Doctoral Degree
  • 21 received a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate
  • 21 received a Post-Master’s Certificate
  • Total head count of students: 1,788 (709 undergraduates and 1,079 graduate and professional degree students).
  • 85% of the total student population are Maryland residents.
  • 48% of the total student population are of a minority ethnic background.
  • 81% of traditional undergraduate students are Maryland residents (38% of TRAD undergraduate students are from Baltimore County and Baltimore City).
  • 16% of traditional undergraduate students are out-of-state residents (24 different states).
  • 3% of traditional undergraduate students are international.
  • 58% of traditional undergraduate students are of a minority ethnic background.
  • 39% of traditional undergraduate students are first-generation students (FAFSA).
  • 49% of traditional undergraduate students are Pell eligible students.
  • 27% of traditional undergraduate students identify as male.
  • 92 full-time faculty
  • 5 part-time faculty
  • 173 adjunct faculty
  • 33% FT faculty tenured
  • 87% FT hold doctoral or terminal degrees
  • 8:1 undergraduate student-faculty ratio
  • 154 full-time staff
  • 34 part-time staff
  • 60-acre wooded campus
  • 16 buildings – total of approximately 750,000 square feet
  • Age ranges from 3 to over 150 years
  • Deferred maintenance – $60 million over 10 years

Approximately 26,000 graduates live in all 50 states and 40 foreign countries, 67% live in Maryland.

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