College Park, Maryland is considered to be one of the best university cities to live in. It is here that a campus of the University of Maryland is situated. This is a public university that has been founded back in 1856 as the flagship institution of the Maryland system. This is the largest university in the whole Washington Metropolitan area with about 40,000 students attending it at a time. This establishment is incredibly rich when it comes to diversity. Students of all 50 states attend Maryland and even the representatives of 120 countries. Such a great location of the place guarantees a constant influx of applications. The place is considered to be the Public Ivy, a term that makes the place twice as good. Its admissions are not overly complicated considering the size of the establishment. The acceptance rate of Maryland is high – 45%.