Maryland is harder to get into (45% vs 48% admitted), and students with aid paid less there on average (in-state): $14,296 vs $18,902 a year. Stony Brook University is due first, on Jan 15.
Highlighted = the better number: lower price or debt, higher rate or pay.
Sticker price per year (in-state at public colleges)
$29,816
$31,654
Average paid after grants (in-state at public colleges)
$14,296
$18,902
Average paid from out of state, estimated
$44,059
$42,882
What in-state families with aid paid, by income
Measure
University of Maryland
Stony Brook University
Under $30,000
$1,141
$13,938
$30,000–$48,000
$5,045
$14,754
$48,000–$75,000
$8,768
$20,285
$75,000–$110,000
$16,888
$24,140
Over $110,000
$27,461
$28,664
After you start
Measure
University of Maryland
Stony Brook University
Undergrads
30,760
18,101
Graduate within 6 years
89%
78%
Come back for year two
96%
90%
Median earnings 10 years after starting
$89,228
$83,232
Median debt at graduation
$16,000
$18,500
Highlighted only when the gap is at least 5%. "Average paid" is what students who got federal aid paid per year after grants, not a price quote; at public colleges the income rows are in-state students. The out-of-state estimate adds a public college's extra out-of-state tuition to its in-state average; out-of-state students usually get less aid, so many pay more. How we get our numbers