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Campus Address
Princess Anne, Maryland 21853-1299
Telephone: 410-651-2200
Admissions Address
Telephone: 410-651-6410
Fax: 410-651-7922
http://www.umes.edu
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History
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is a four-year, state-supported, coed, liberal arts institution founded in 1886 as Princess Anne College by the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC) to educate freed blacks. The original site purchased for the school was the historic Onley House, which was the former residence of prominent citizens of Princess Anne. UMES survived a difficult beginning, as Princess Anne citizens questioned the fact that freed blacks were allowed to receive an education and that the Onley House was being used for that purpose. Having founded the very successful Centenary Biblical Institute (now Morgan State University) in Baltimore in 1867, the Methodist Episcopal Church sought to establish another such school in its Delaware Conference, which included Princess Anne. Since the original purpose of the Centenary Biblical Institute was to educate black men as ministers, tradesmen, and teachers, the conferees thought to establish the new school in Princess Anne for black women. After some discussion and negotiation, the school was established as coed.
In 1890, the passage of the Second Morrill Act established that Southern states having separate schools for blacks must provide institutions for them to study agriculture and technology. To that end, UMES became a land-grant institution. In 1948, the school was named Maryland State College, a Division of the University of Maryland. On July 1, 1970, Maryland State College became the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, and ten years later UMES became one of the eleven campuses of the newly formed University of Maryland System.
UMES remains committed to providing higher education in the agricultural sciences to blacks. As a land-grant institution, it has expanded its mission to provide higher education for students from diverse backgrounds, across the state and nation, in a broad range of educational programs.
The campus is situated on 700 acres, with Georgian, Colonial, and modern architectural-style buildings. Facilities include the Frederick Douglass Library and the Ella Fitzgerald Performing Arts Center, both named for notable African Americans; an art and technology center; a computer center; and a number of laboratories. New facilities include Kiah Hall, Bird Hall, and the Aquaculture Building.
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General Information
Public institution
Year founded: 1886
Religious affiliation: None
Academic calendar: Semester
Setting: Rural
Fall 2005 Admissions
Application deadline: July 15
Application fee: $25
Selectivity: Less selective
2005-2006 Expenses
Tuition and fees: $5,808 in-state, $11,964 out-of-state
Room/board: $6,130
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