- Name: Allegany College of Maryland (ACM)
- Vision: We will be the college of choice that transforms lives, strengthens communities,
and makes learners the center of everything we do.
- Mission: We deliver diverse and relevant education centered around student success in a supportive
and engaging community.
- Affiliation: ACM is one of 16 colleges within the Maryland Association of Community Colleges.
- Accreditation: ACM is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, and accredited
and approved for operation by the Maryland Higher Education Commission. The Pennsylvania
Department of Education granted certification to ACM Bedford County Campus and its
academic programs.
- Founded: Established in 1961 as Allegany Community College, ACM was renamed in 1996.
- Community Prestige: One of two Maryland community colleges to receive Carnegie Community Engagement Classification.
- Student Need: Over 80% are first-generation college students.
- Economic Impact and Value: Independent economic analysis conducted every five years. View a Fact Sheet or an Infographic.
- Credit Program Enrollment: 3,072 in academic year 2021-22. 2,578 for fall 2022.
- Continuing Education and Workforce Development Enrollment: 6,952 participants registered for 943 CEWD classes in fiscal year 2022.
- Gender Distribution: 27.5% were male and 72.5% were female in fall 2022.*
- Mean and Median Age: Mean age of credit students was 27 and the median age was 22 in fall 2022.*
- Race/Ethnicity Distribution: 74.5 White/Caucasian, 15% Black/African American, 3.9% Multiracial/non-Hispanic, 3.2%
Hispanic/Latino, 1.6% Nonresident, 0.7% Unreported and 0.1% Naive Hawaiian/Other Pacific
Islander in fall 2022*
- Student to Faculty Ratio: 11:1 in fall 2022.
- Average Class Size: 13 in fall 2022.
- Residency: 37.3% in-county, 17% in-state and 45.7% out-of-state students in fall 2022.*
- Enrollment Status: 44.7% full-time and 55.3% part-time students in fall 2022.*
- Financial Assistance: 91% receive financial assistance. Total student financial support was $15,500,000
in academic year 2021-22.
- Graduates: 475 in academic year 2021-22.
- Sports: Nine athletic teams including baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s
cross country, men's and women's soccer, softball, and volleyball.
- Men's basketball team participated in the NJCAA National Tournament 13 times - 1985,
1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1996 (2nd), 1998, 2001 (2nd), 2002, 2003, 2009 and 2019.
- Baseball team participated in the NJCAA World Series nine times - 1984, 1990, 1991,
1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2006 and 2009.
- Women's basketball participated in the NJCAA National Tournament four times - 1986,
1993 (2nd), 2009 and 2011.
- Men's tennis participated in the NJCAA National Championships three times - 1971,
1976 and 1977.
- Degrees and Certificates: 31 two-year degree programs (AA, AS, AAS and AAT), 30 certificate programs, and 10 letter
of recognition programs.
- Locations: Seven locations in Cumberland, MD (main campus, School of Hospitality Management
and Culinary Arts, and Western Maryland Works), Everett, PA (Bedford County Campus
and Bedford County Technical Center), Somerset, PA (Somerset Education Site) and Oakland,
MD (Garrett County Nursing Site).
- Personnel: 98 full-time and 67 part-time faculty members, 30 non-credit instructors, 14 administrative
personnel, and 193 professional and support personnel as of fall 2022.
- ACCESS ACM: View latest edition of ACCESS ACM Magazine.
*Excluding Early College/Dual Enrollment students.
