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Chesapeake College

Wye Mills, Maryland Public 2-year Rural area

Overview

Chesapeake College is a public two-year institution in Wye Mills, Maryland. Its campus is in a rural area. It enrolled 2,095 students in fall 2024.

Chesapeake College offers certificates and associate degrees across 36 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Liberal Arts and Sciences, Registered Nursing, and Business/Commerce. It awarded 251 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 5 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. 63% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
2,095
Students enrolled
63%
First-year retention
251
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
36
Programs and majors
16:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociate

Programs and majors offered 36

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Liberal Arts and General Studies 3
Health Professions 8
Business, Management and Marketing 3
Computer and Information Sciences 2
Education 8
Natural Resources and Conservation 1
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 1
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 2
Family and Consumer Sciences 1
Visual and Performing Arts 1
Agriculture and Veterinary Science 2
Engineering Technologies 2
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 1
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
63%
First-year retention, part-time students
50%
Student-to-faculty ratio
16:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Associate degrees
227
Certificates under 1 year
21
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
3

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
2,095
Undergraduates, fall 2024
2,095
Full-time, fall 2024
20%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
2,850
Full-time, 2024-25
16%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
68%
Men
32%
White
64%
Hispanic or Latino
11%
Black or African American
13%
Asian
2%
Two or more races
5%
International (U.S. nonresident)
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
4%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
5
Programs with a fully online option
3
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
42%
Students taking some online courses
40%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Rural area
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career & Technical-High Traditional
Athletic association
NJCAA
President
Dr. Clifford Coppersmith
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization

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