University System of Maryland

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The University System of Maryland (USM) is a public corporation and charter school system comprising 13 Maryland institutions of higher education. It is the 12th largest university system in the United States. In 1988 it was created from the merger of the five University of Maryland institutions and the six members of the State University and College System of Maryland under the name University of Maryland System. In 1997 its name was changed to the University System of Maryland. In 1999 the Maryland General Assembly transformed the system to the charter model.

System members are:

Bowie State University
Coppin State College
Frostburg State University
Salisbury University
Towson University
Universities at Shady Grove
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 University College
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute

When USM was originally formed in 1988, Maryland's other two state-funded 4-year institutions (Morgan State University and St. Mary's College of Maryland) opted out of the system and made separate funding arrangements with the state.

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