Welcome to the University
of Maryland Eastern Shore.
The University of Maryland
Eastern Shore is located
in the small town
of Princess Anne
on the eastern
shore of Maryland.
The quiet community is only
a three hours drive from
Washington D.C., Baltimore,
Philadelphia and Virginia Beach.
Plus the state's infamous
seaside resort of Ocean City
is only one hour
from campus.
We have very
identifiable seasons.
That is you have a fairly
mild winter season.
On occasion we'll
get a little snow.
You're more likely to see nice
hot summers though here.
One of the biggest attractions,
of course,
is Ocean City, Maryland
which is not even
20 minutes away.
The big beach and clubs
and things of that nature
and then Baltimore is also
a hop, skip, and jump away.
But just up the road is
Salisbury, Maryland.
Movie theatres, malls,
all the lures of the inner city,
it's not too far.
Maryland's campus
is 745 acres large,
including a 350-acre
research and teaching farm,
one recognized by
the National Professional
Grounds Management Society
as the second most
beautiful campus
in the United States for
two consecutive years.
UMES is located in a very
rural, quiet, idyllic setting.
The landscaping here
is just immaculate.
UMES is home to
over 4,000 students,
from 34 states
and 41 countries.
39% of the student body
is male, 61% are female,
and 39% are first-generation
college students.
It's like a home
away from home
and it's small as opposed
to those larger universities.
It's very personal
and you'll always have
someone to talk to when
you're having problems.
For students
applying to UMES,
it's good to know priority
is given to applicants
with GPA of
at least 2.5,
a composite SAT
score of at least 1250,
or an ACT of 18.
We look more at the grade
point average than anything.
We give students a chance
because that's pretty much,
you know,
their resume there.
We also look at what they've
done extracurricular wise.
So like our President says
is that we're in the business
of making good better
and great greater.
The average cost for a full
time student tuition and fees
for those who live
in-state is about $6,000.
Those coming from out-of-state
will pay close to $13,000
and room and board will cost
between $5,000 and $7,000.
Tuition is really,
really great
especially for if you're
kind of in a financial bound,
this is a really great
University to look at.
Maryland Eastern Shore offers
32 undergraduate majors,
10 Masters,
and 6 Doctoral programs.
Some student favorites
are biology, criminal justice,
business administration,
sociology, and human ecology.
Our DPT program.
which is the Doctorate
of Physical Therapy,
it's one of the nation's most
highly ranked programs.
They have a 100%
pass-rate for their Boards.
In other words,
the graduates of
their program are
exceedingly well trained.
They end up having
no difficulty at all
finding employment
when they graduate.
ES is the 20th
university in the nation
certified by
the PGA to offer
its Professional Golf
Management program.
Most importantly, it's the first
historically black institution
with this distinction.
We'll be, I think, only the
second school in the country
that will have sequential art
in the fall and sequential art
used to be called
comic book illustration.
And there's a great
demand for that
and we're very excited to
have the program here.
Maryland employs about 200
full-time faculty members,
more than half are tenured
or on the tenured track.
Their student to
faculty ratio is 25:1.
My professors
are really cool.
Me being an aviation science
major, a lot of them
are ex-military and ex-pilots
and things like that.
So they're all
really cool guys.
They're always there
to lend a helping hand.
If you need extra help,
come after school
or come after class,
talk with them,
anything like that.
The UMES Hawks
compete in the Mid-Eastern
Athletic Conference
with a powerhouse of
a women's bowling team.
They were number one
in the country, winning
the 2008 NCAA Women's
Bowling Championship.
About 60% of Maryland
students live on campus
in one of the available
11 residence facilities,
which include dorms
and apartment style suites.
For freshman year,
I stayed in one of
the newer dorms
called Court Plaza.
You have a roommate,
you share a bathroom
with about six guys,
but everything is cool.
Internet, TV,
everything is provided.
Everything is
fully carpeted.
It's a great--
it's a great facility.
After that I stayed
at Hawk's Landing.
Hawk's Landing is more of
an apartment style complex
where you have a full
kitchen and living room
and you still share
a room with a roommate,
but you have your
personal bathroom.
Spanning
147,000 square-feet,
the same size as
two football fields,
the Student Center
was specifically designed
as a one-stop shop.
Students can enjoy
the game room, dining hall,
and even the bookstore.
What more could
you ask for?
UMES is tied with Florida State
for the most alumni appearing
in a single Superbowl game.
The game between New York Jets
and the Baltimore Colts
back in 1968 represented
five UMES alumni,
pretty impressive.
When I graduate from University
of Maryland Eastern Shore,
the plan is to become a test
pilot for NASA and initially,
I'm probably gonna
have to go into
certified flight instructing.
But coming
out of UMES,
I'll be perfectly
ready for that.
I already have my
professional pilot's license.
I'll have my instrument rating,
commercial rating,
and also certified flight
instructor rating.
So if you're looking
for a university in
a serene, beautiful,
and safe environment,
committed to leading
students through discovery,
then the University of Maryland
Eastern Shore may just be
the place to call home.
Thanks for
joining us at
the University of
Maryland Eastern Shore.
I'm Levon Harvey
for YOUniversity TV.
Catch you later.
