Today, Maryland's Congressional delegation, including U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen as well as Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony Brown, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-MD), announced more than $543.8 million in American Rescue Plan funding for colleges, universities and students throughout Maryland.
The funding will help local institutions cope with the severe financial fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. At least half of the funding for each institution will be distributed in the form of emergency cash grants to students who are facing hunger, homelessness and other hardships. Students should contact their institutions for more information about how they can apply for an emergency grant.
"The success of our local colleges and universities is critical to the success of our economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic," the Members said. "The American Rescue Plan makes a historic investment that will ensure the doors to higher education remain open here in Maryland and provide struggling students with the resources they need to stay on track and complete their degrees."
The American Rescue Plan provides $36 billion total for nearly 3,500 public and private, nonprofit colleges and universities nationwide. In Maryland, 47 colleges and universities will receive funding averaging $11.5 million. Another $3 billion in additional funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and other under-resourced institutions will be distributed at a later date.
The colleges and universities in Maryland receiving funding under the American Rescue Plan at this time are:
Allegany College of Maryland
$5,226,931
Anne Arundel Community College
$17,094,453
Bais HaMedrash and Mesivta of Baltimore
$328,725
Baltimore City Community College
$11,537,054
Bowie State University
$18,934,325
Capitol Technology University
$1,023,619
Carroll Community College
$4,162,870
Cecil College
$4,084,162
Chesapeake College
$3,700,351
College of Southern Maryland
$9,699,414
Community College of Baltimore County
$37,138,919
Coppin State University
$8,366,499
Frederick Community College
$7,434,305
Frostburg State University
$11,211,823
Garrett College
$1,617,694
Goucher College
$4,283,440
Hagerstown Community College
$9,127,449
Harford Community College
$8,896,933
Hood College
$3,534,094
Howard Community College
$17,574,143
Johns Hopkins University
$16,952,426
Loyola University Maryland
$6,789,696
Maple Springs Baptist Bible College & Seminary
$39,450
Maryland Institute College of Art
$3,482,029
Maryland University of Integrative Health
$241,187
McDaniel College
$4,445,546
Montgomery College
$40,503,407
Morgan State University
$24,998,104
Mount Saint Mary's University
$4,565,078
Ner Israel Rabbinical College
$614,121
Notre Dame of Maryland University
$2,848,829
Prince George's Community College
$25,783,234
Saint Mary's College of Maryland
$3,045,822
Salisbury University
$16,793,744
St. John's College
$1,055,142
Stevenson University
$7,101,789
Towson University
$49,055,288
University of Baltimore
$7,413,593
University of Maryland ‐ Baltimore County
$26,862,661
University of Maryland ‐ Eastern Shore
$9,627,056
University of Maryland Global Campus
$30,091,663
University of Maryland, Baltimore
$5,274,980
University of Maryland, College Park
$58,517,090
Washington Adventist University
$2,837,729
Washington College
$2,694,721
Wor‐Wic Community College
$7,174,641
Yeshiva College of the Nation's Capital
$55,815