Editing Maryland (section)

===Colleges and universities===

{{See also|List of colleges and universities in Maryland}}

Maryland has several historic and renowned private colleges and universities, the most prominent of which is [[Johns Hopkins University]], founded in 1876 with a grant from Baltimore entrepreneur [[Johns Hopkins]].

The first public university in the state is the [[University of Maryland, Baltimore]], which was founded in 1807 and contains the University of Maryland's only public academic [[University of Maryland School of Medicine|health]], human services, and one of two [[University of Maryland School of Law|law centers]] (the other being the [[University of Baltimore School of Law]]). Seven professional and graduate schools train the majority of the state's physicians, nurses, dentists, lawyers, social workers, and pharmacists.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.umaryland.edu/about-umb/umb-fast-facts/ |publisher=University of Maryland, Baltimore |title=UMB Fast Facts |access-date=May 21, 2017 |archive-date=May 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525202958/http://www.umaryland.edu/about-umb/umb-fast-facts/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The flagship university and largest undergraduate institution in Maryland is the [[University of Maryland, College Park]] which was founded as the Maryland Agricultural College in 1856 and became a public [[land grant college]] in 1864. [[Towson University]], founded in 1866, is the state's second largest university.

In 1974, Maryland, along with seven other states, mainly in the South, submitted plans to desegregate its state universities; Maryland's plans were approved by the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare.<ref>[https://www.jbhe.com/chronology/ "JBHE Chronology of Major Landmarks in the Progress of African Americans in Higher Education"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401010424/https://www.jbhe.com/chronology/ |date=April 1, 2019 }}, JBHE.</ref>

Baltimore is home to the [[University of Maryland, Baltimore County]] and the [[Maryland Institute College of Art]]. The majority of public universities in the state (Bowie State University, Coppin State University, Frostburg State University, Salisbury University and the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore) are affiliated with the [[University System of Maryland]]. Two state-funded institutions, [[Morgan State University]] and [[St. Mary's College of Maryland]], as well as two federally funded institutions, the [[Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences]] and the [[United States Naval Academy]], are not affiliated with the University System of Maryland. The [[University of Maryland Global Campus]] is the largest public university in Maryland<ref>{{Cite web|title=Education Viewpoint: This pandemic puts online education in the spotlight|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2020/04/08/viewpoint-this-pandemic-puts-online-education-in.html|last=Miyares|first=Javier|date=April 8, 2020|website=Baltimore Business Journal|access-date=May 16, 2020|archive-date=February 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220153957/https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2020/04/08/viewpoint-this-pandemic-puts-online-education-in.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and one of the largest distance-learning institutions in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Coronavirus accelerates higher education's trend toward distance learning|url=https://hechingerreport.org/coronavirus-accelerates-higher-educations-trend-toward-distance-learning/|last=D'Amato|first=Pete|date=May 1, 2020|website=The Hechinger Report|access-date=May 16, 2020|archive-date=May 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516215547/https://hechingerreport.org/coronavirus-accelerates-higher-educations-trend-toward-distance-learning/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe)|St. John's College]] in [[Annapolis, Maryland|Annapolis]] and [[Washington College]] in [[Chestertown, Maryland|Chestertown]], both private institutions, are the oldest colleges in the state and among the oldest in the country. Other private institutions include [[Mount St. Mary's University]], [[McDaniel College]] (formerly known as Western Maryland College), [[Hood College]], [[Stevenson University]] (formerly known as Villa Julie College), [[Loyola University Maryland]], and [[Goucher College]], among others.