Peer institutions are approved by the Maryland Higher Education Commission.
Aspirant Peers
The institutions included in the Aspirant Peers group are colleges and universities that SMCM aspires to become more like. This is accomplished by looking at Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). This list of colleges may have KPIs that are higher than SMCM’s.
- Bates College
- Carleton College
- Davidson College
- Franklin & Marshall College
- Hamilton College
- Kenyon College
Current Performance Peers
SMCM’s peer institutions are colleges or universities that are comparable with SMCM. These peer institutions share numerous commonalities with SMCM including size, enrollment, and program offerings, etc.
- Beloit College
- The College of Wooster
- Colorado College
- Connecticut College
- Dickinson College
- Gettysburg College
- Guilford College
- Southwestern University
- U. of Mary Washington
- U. of Minnesota at Morris
- U. of North Carolina Asheville
- Virginia Military Institute
Maryland Public Institutions
This list contains the homepages of the Maryland Public Institutions, including Morgan State University.
- Bowie State University
- Coppin State University
- Frostburg State University
- Salisbury University
- Towson University
- 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
- Morgan State University
COPLAC
COPLAC is The Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. The council consists of 29 institutions, including SMCM, whose educational mission includes providing superior Liberal Arts and Science education to their students. This list includes the current (as of 1/22/19) members of COPLAC.
- Eastern Connecticut State University
- The Evergreen State College
- Fort Lewis College
- Georgia College & State University
- Henderson State University
- Keene State College
- Mansfield University
- Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
- Midwestern State University
- New College of Florida
- Northern Vermont University – Johnson
- Ramapo College of New Jersey
- Shepherd University
- Sonoma State University
- Southern Oregon University
- State University of New York at Geneseo
- Truman State University
- University of Alberta Augustana
- University of Illinois at Springfield
- University of Maine Farmington
- University of Mary Washington
- University of Minnesota Morris
- University of Montevallo
- University of North Carolina Asheville
- University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma
- University of South Carolina Aiken
- The University of Virginia’s College at Wise
- University of Wisconsin-Superior