College · Public · Baltimore, MD · City
Coppin State University
Baltimore, MD
HBCU
Admit rate46%
6-yr median pay$42k
Net price / yr$10k
Undergrad size1,844
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $10k/yr for a shot at a $42k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 46% means this is selective — grades, essays, and testing matter. Admitted students average SAT 975.
If you get in
1,844 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $24k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $10k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$95k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$40k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$55k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback0.9x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $7.1k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $14.0k
- Room & board
- $12.0k
- Books & supplies
- $1,900
How students pay for it.
Pell grants54%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans36%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $11k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention70%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr26%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$42k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$46k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out38%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 1,844
- Location
- Baltimore, MD
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Smaller Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
- Also known as
- Coppin
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Black85%
- Hispanic5%
- International4%
- Unknown2%
- Two or more races1%
- White1%
- Asian1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students47%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time16%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Veterans1%
Share using veteran education benefits.
Median family income$26k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 32
What you can study.