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Coppin State University

Coppin State University is a public campus in Baltimore proper — federal locale codes class it as urban. It is one of the nation's historically Black colleges and universities — a federally recognized designation.

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What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$4,635

family income
under $30k

$5,960

$30–48k

$8,140

$48–75k

$6,586

$75–110k

$15,238

over $110k

These figures don't always rise with income — aid formulas can make a higher bracket cheaper.

Average net price

$9,9772023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at Coppin State University rose from $8,529 (2008) to $9,977 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$8,529
2009	$8,389
2010	$8,984
2011	$8,645
2012	$10,328
2013	$9,363
2014	$9,055
2015	$9,346
2016	$10,675
2017	$10,422
2018	$11,686
2019	$10,105
2020	$6,010
2021	$7,865
2022	$6,007
2023	$9,977

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$23,7482024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at Coppin State University rose from $15,028 (2009) to $23,748 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$15,028
2010	$15,608
2011	$15,476
2012	$15,703
2013	$16,147
2014	$15,837
2015	$16,167
2016	$17,039
2017	$17,848
2018	$17,464
2019	$19,577
2020	$17,787
2021	$14,332
2022	$18,010
2023	$20,152
2024	$23,748

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition (in-state vs out-of-state)

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

In-stateOut-of-state

Tuition — data
Year	In-state	Out-of-state
2000	$3,370	$8,347
2001	$3,477	$8,602
2002	$4,104	$9,513
2003	$4,384	$10,206
2004	$4,599	$10,771
2005	$4,878	$11,369
2006	$4,910	$11,934
2007	$4,980	$12,753
2008	$5,140	$13,635
2013	$6,252	$11,186
2014	$6,624	$11,885
2015	$7,346	$12,870
2016	$7,438	$13,168
2017	$7,474	$13,622
2018	$8,873	$15,144
2019	$8,964	$15,361
2020	$6,716	$13,113
2021	$6,809	$13,334
2022	$6,904	$13,560
2023	$7,001	$13,789

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Coppin State University reports tuition of $7,100 for in-state students and $14,024 for out-of-state students. Check Coppin State University’s residency rules, attendance budget and aid offer. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

Enrollment sits at 1,844 — Coppin State University is one of the smaller campuses on this site.

26.2% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Coppin State University within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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26.2%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at Coppin State University has wandered from Fall 1991 to Fall 2018 entering cohorts — up to 30.3% at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 26.2%.

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1991 cohort	25.1%
1992 cohort	20.3%
1993 cohort	17.4%
1994 cohort	24.7%
1995 cohort	25.7%
1996 cohort	28.3%
1997 cohort	21.7%
1998 cohort	26%
1999 cohort	20.2%
2000 cohort	18.2%
2001 cohort	18.9%
2002 cohort	15.9%
2003 cohort	14%
2004 cohort	16.3%
2005 cohort	14.7%
2006 cohort	17%
2007 cohort	13.9%
2008 cohort	17.5%
2009 cohort	17.7%
2010 cohort	17.4%
2011 cohort	24.5%
2012 cohort	24.2%
2013 cohort	25.5%
2014 cohort	30.3%
2015 cohort	26.5%
2016 cohort	23.8%
2017 cohort	25.6%
2018 cohort	26.2%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1991–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1997 and 1998 (FY1997/98)	$7,050	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$11,000	$4,761
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$12,703	$4,000
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$12,688	$4,969
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$13,000	$5,143
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$11,082	$4,060
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$11,000	$3,975
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$13,000	$5,250
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$17,842	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$18,234	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	—	$5,744
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$15,662	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$15,500	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$16,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$17,602	$5,650
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$19,500	$7,750
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$22,500	$9,250
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$23,750	$10,500
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$24,250	$11,125
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$24,076	$11,000
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$23,500	$10,637
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$25,000	$11,000

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$42,243

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$41,640

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$46,490

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

Coppin State University admitted 4,100 of 8,946 applicants in Fall 2024. The 45.8% rate describes that application pool.

45.8%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $7,001 in-state tuition · 2023–24 1,844 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

400SAT range (section 25th/75th sums): 880–10201600

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Admissions

In the Fall 2024 cycle, Coppin State University received 8,946 applications and admitted 4,100 (45.8%), with 482 enrolling.

Coppin State University reported scores as considered but not required for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. For Coppin State University’s enrolled SAT submitters, Reading and Writing was 460–510 and Math was 420–510 (25th–75th percentiles). The section-percentile sums 880–1020 are not composite-score percentiles. These are not admission cutoffs.

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Score	25th	50th	75th
SAT Reading & Writing	460	485	510
SAT Math	420	490	510

25th / 75th: a quarter of enrolled submitters scored below the first number, a quarter above the second. These are not cutoffs.

Only students who submitted scores are counted — at test-optional schools, many enrolled students aren't in this table.

Percentiles are among enrolled students who submitted scores (Fall 2024 admissions cycle).

Acceptance rate

45.8%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2002	35.2%
Fall 2003	55.5%
Fall 2004	55.5%
Fall 2007	46%
Fall 2008	35.5%
Fall 2009	42.8%
Fall 2010	53.5%
Fall 2011	53.5%
Fall 2012	34.6%
Fall 2013	35.5%
Fall 2014	43.1%
Fall 2015	37.2%
Fall 2016	39.6%
Fall 2017	36.5%
Fall 2018	38.2%
Fall 2019	28%
Fall 2020	40.2%
Fall 2021	47.9%
Fall 2022	45%
Fall 2023	49.6%
Fall 2024	45.8%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2002–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

880–1020Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2002	750	1000
Fall 2003	750	1000
Fall 2004	750	1000
Fall 2007	620	890
Fall 2008	780	910
Fall 2009	780	930
Fall 2010	790	920
Fall 2011	790	920
Fall 2012	800	930
Fall 2013	810	950
Fall 2014	810	950
Fall 2015	810	970
Fall 2016	760	910
Fall 2017	850	1010
Fall 2018	880	1030
Fall 2019	820	970
Fall 2020	820	970
Fall 2021	780	1060
Fall 2022	860	1040
Fall 2024	880	1020

IPEDS Fall 2002–2024, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

17–22Fall 2020 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2004	14	18
Fall 2015	16	20
Fall 2016	15	18
Fall 2017	16	19
Fall 2018	16	20
Fall 2019	15	21
Fall 2020	17	22

IPEDS Fall 2004–2020, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

1,844Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at Coppin State University fell from 3,173 (Fall 2002) to 1,844 (Fall 2024).

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	3,173
Fall 2003	3,152
Fall 2004	3,185
Fall 2005	3,361
Fall 2006	3,219
Fall 2007	3,160
Fall 2008	3,201
Fall 2009	3,227
Fall 2010	3,232
Fall 2011	3,195
Fall 2012	3,055
Fall 2013	2,880
Fall 2014	2,652
Fall 2015	2,633
Fall 2016	2,477
Fall 2017	2,459
Fall 2018	2,326
Fall 2019	2,344
Fall 2020	2,084
Fall 2021	1,785
Fall 2022	1,708
Fall 2023	1,756
Fall 2024	1,844

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

66%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at Coppin State University has wandered from Fall 2003 to Fall 2023 — up to 73% at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 66%.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2003 cohort	65%
Fall 2004 cohort	64%
Fall 2005 cohort	63%
Fall 2006 cohort	60%
Fall 2007 cohort	59%
Fall 2008 cohort	62%
Fall 2009 cohort	61%
Fall 2010 cohort	65%
Fall 2011 cohort	66%
Fall 2012 cohort	61%
Fall 2013 cohort	69%
Fall 2014 cohort	69%
Fall 2015 cohort	61%
Fall 2016 cohort	66%
Fall 2017 cohort	63%
Fall 2018 cohort	70%
Fall 2019 cohort	65%
Fall 2020 cohort	57%
Fall 2021 cohort	62%
Fall 2022 cohort	73%
Fall 2023 cohort	66%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2003–2023

More about Coppin State University

53.9% of Coppin State University's undergraduates carry Pell grants — the standard federal marker of lower-income enrollment. Carnegie classes Coppin State University as a primarily residential campus of 1,844 undergraduates — and 66.2% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Coppin State University's SAT section-percentile sums are 880–1020 — their midpoint is below the MD four-year benchmark. These are not total-score percentiles. Put your own practice estimate on Coppin State University's range with the SAT calculator, or bring a saved GPA from the grade tools.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How Coppin State University compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

Coppin State University45.8%

Maryland median76.1%

National median76.8%

Tuition (in-state)

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

Coppin State University$7,100

Maryland median$13,588

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

Coppin State University's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

Coppin State University$46,490

Maryland median$61,797

National median$53,781

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Coppin State University, Maryland and national reference values
Metric & basis	Coppin State University	Maryland median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	45.8%	76.1%	76.8%
Tuition (in-state)Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$7,100	$13,588	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$46,490	$61,797	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

For Coppin State University, these are federal subject groups (CIP), not departments. Median is the middle annual income.

Coppin State University federal-aid recipients · graduated 2017–18 or 2018–19 · income measured 2022 or 2023 · inflation-adjusted to 2024 dollars. Definitions and limits.

View 9 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	$102,720
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs	$64,090
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	$60,410
Criminal Justice and Corrections	$58,110
Health and Medical Administrative Services	$56,774
Social Work	$56,599
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness	$56,399
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	$55,944
Psychology, General	$49,542

These 9 fields listed for Coppin State University measure earnings after completion. The $46,490 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 23 additional Coppin State University fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Coppin State University report?

Coppin State University's enrolled submitters had SAT section-percentile sums of 880–1020 in Fall 2024. These are not total-score percentiles or a GPA requirement.

What is Coppin State University's acceptance rate?

45.8% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 4,100 admitted from 8,946 applicants.

How much does Coppin State University cost?

In-state tuition is $7,100; out-of-state students pay $14,024. Fees, housing and aid move the real total in both directions.

What earnings data does Coppin State University report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $46,490. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in Maryland

Washington Adventist University — 46.2% admitted
University of Maryland-College Park — 44.8% admitted
St. John's College — 55.2% admitted
Washington College — 56.9% admitted

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Field-of-study cohort dates are shown with the table. Read the date and population definitions.