Peer institutions are approved by the Maryland Higher Education Commission. Peer institutions are used for comparative analysis and benchmarking of SMCM’s institutional qualities against both similar institutions and institutions that we aim to be more similar to.
Aspirant Peers
The institutions included in the Aspirant Peers group are colleges and universities that SMCM aspires to become more like. This is accomplished by looking at Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). This list of colleges may have KPIs that are higher than SMCM’s.
Current Performance Peers
SMCM’s peer institutions are colleges or universities that are comparable with SMCM. These peer institutions share numerous commonalities with SMCM, including size, enrollment, and program offerings, etc.
Maryland Public Institutions
This list contains the homepages for institutions of the University System of Maryland and Morgan State University.
- Bowie State University
- Coppin State University
- Frostburg State University
- Salisbury University
- Towson University
- University of Baltimore
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
- University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- University of Maryland, College Park
- University of Maryland Eastern Shore
- University of Maryland Global Campus
- Morgan State University
Public Liberal Arts Colleges
SMCM is a member of The Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC). The council consists of 31 institutions whose educational mission includes providing superior liberal arts and science education to their students. This list includes the current (as of July 2024) members of COPLAC.
- Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania
- Eastern Connecticut State University
- Evergreen State College, The
- Fort Lewis College
- Georgia College & State University
- Indiana University Kokomo
- Keene State College
- Kentucky State University
- Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
- Midwestern State University
- Mississippi University for Women
- New College of Florida
- Northern State University
- Ramapo College of New Jersey
- Sonoma State University
- State University of New York at Geneseo
- Truman State University
- University of Alberta, Augustana Campus
- University of Illinois at Springfield
- University of Maine at Farmington
- University of Mary Washington
- University of Minnesota Morris
- University of Montevallo
- University of North Carolina Asheville
- University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma
- University of South Carolina Aiken
- University of Virginia’s College at Wise, The
- University of Wisconsin – Superior
- Vermont State University – Johnson
- Western Oregon University
- York University, Glendon Campus (provisional member)