Campus life at University of Maryland is fantastic. It's a huge campus covering about 1300 acres you will never get bored here & will always find something that you can do over the weekends. There's a lot of events that keep happening and we have around 300-400 clubs so you will find your home somewhere or you can just start your own club. There's free WiFi all around campus and we have 4 libraries which are spread out accross the campus. Research facilities at UMD are amazing and my PhD friends love it here. Being a part of Big10 conference sports doesn't go unnoticed.

On campus graduate housing is difficult to be allotted as the demand is more than availability. So the next best option is townhouse or an apartment. My share for monthly rent is 585$ for a 2 bed 2 bath semi furnished apartment sharing among 5 people. Utilities would be an extra of 25-40$ per person. On campus housing for grad students shoud cost you somewhere between 400-600$ depending on private room or sharing basis.