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See which careers fit your traits — based on what 846+ Maryland alumni actually went on to do.

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What Maryland grads actually do

Based on 846 notable Maryland alumni with Wikipedia pages. Data: Wikidata (CC0).

American football player
114
politician
82
basketball player
74
association football player
58
university teacher
52
writer
50
journalist
48
basketball coach
27
actor
27
mathematician
26
engineer
25
physicist
25

Notable Maryland alumni

Craig L. Rice
Craig L. Rice
politician
Carl Bernstein
Carl Bernstein
writer · journalist
Cheryl Kagan
Cheryl Kagan
politician
Carmine Isacco
Carmine Isacco
association football coach · association football player
Chad Orzel
Chad Orzel
physicist · science communicator
Charles Bernard Day
Charles Bernard Day
lawyer · judge
Chet Hanulak
Chet Hanulak
American football player
CYJO
CYJO
photographer

Salary outlook for top Maryland career paths

National median annual wage (BLS Occupational Employment Statistics).

politician
10th–90th percentile: $21,010$129,510
$47,290
median / yr
basketball player
10th–90th percentile: $27,730$239,200
$70,280
median / yr
association football player
10th–90th percentile: $27,730$239,200
$70,280
median / yr
writer
10th–90th percentile: $40,900$148,240
$73,690
median / yr
journalist
10th–90th percentile: $31,550$160,360
$57,500
median / yr
mathematician
10th–90th percentile: $62,260$183,500
$116,440
median / yr

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About Maryland

The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland, United States, near Washington, D.C. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of Maryland and is the largest university in the state of Maryland. The University of Maryland is the largest university in Maryland and in the Washington metropolitan area. Its eleven schools and colleges offer over 200 degree-granting programs, including 113 undergraduate majors, 107 master's programs, and 83 doctoral programs. UMD's athletic teams are known as the Maryland Terrapins and compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the Big Ten Conference. A member of the Association of American Universities, the University of Maryland's proximity to Washington, D.C. has resulted in many research partnerships with the federal government; faculty receive research funding and institutional support from many agencies, such as the National Institutes of Health, NASA, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Security Agency, and the Department of Homeland Security. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – very high research activity" and has been labeled a "Public Ivy". According to the National Science Foundation, the university spent a combined $1.14 billion on research and development in 2021, ranking it 17th among American universities.

Source: Wikipedia · Licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0.

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