Approximately 59% of all students who begin their academic careers in the Clark School complete their Engineering undergraduate degrees in four years. This percentage is above the national average, and reflects the fact that numerous students participate in extra-curricular experiences in college including co-ops and study-abroad experiences.
If a student enters the Clark School as an “internal transfer” student, the general rule of thumb is that the earlier s/he transfers to the Clark School, the better their chances are of completing their degrees in four years. While it is not guaranteed that students can complete their degrees in four years as a transfer, many students – particularly those who have transferred by the spring semester of their freshmen year – have been able to do so. Other students may try to reduce their time to graduation by enrolling in summer or winter term courses. Still other students have enrolled in local community colleges, which allow students to take engineering, math and science courses. If you consider enrolling in a community college and then transferring to the Clark School, please refer to the
Transfer Credit Services website.
Using this website, you can determine if your local community college will allow courses from that institution to transfer to the University of Maryland.
To determine if any of your prior coursework will transfer to the University of Maryland, please refer to the Transfer Credit Services website. You may also wish to graduation plans for our majors, which list the specific engineering, math and science courses required for engineering students in each of our majors.
