St. Mary’s College of Maryland, the National Public Honors College, is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education through 2024-2025. St. Mary’s College is ranked one of the best public liberal arts schools in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. Approximately 1,600 students attend the college, nestled on the St. Mary’s River in Southern Maryland.
Founded in 1840, St. Mary’s College offers 21 intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division III level. The Seahawk athletic programs currently compete in the Capital Athletic Conference, Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association, and the Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association. SMCM Athletics offers baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, men’s and women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s rowing, co-ed sailing and women’s sailing, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s swimming, men’s and women’s tennis, men's and women's track & field, and volleyball.