{"id":1357,"date":"2021-04-14T00:18:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T00:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/about\/?page_id=1357"},"modified":"2026-07-08T14:41:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T18:41:23","slug":"location-and-setting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/about\/location-and-setting\/","title":{"rendered":"Location and Setting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"339\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2021\/05\/SSC-UMES-Campus-1024x339.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1494\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Location and Setting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The university sits on 745 acres and owns another 385 acres on a nearby research farm.\u00a0 There are approximately 3,300 students enrolled; 93 percent are undergraduates.\u00a0 Students have various backgrounds and come from thirty states and fifty-five other countries. \u00a0 Fifty-five percent of the students live in on-campus housing.\u00a0 All students may keep cars on campus. UMES is located in the small town of\u00a0Princess Anne\u00a0on the Eastern Shore\u00a0of Maryland.\u00a0 The town dates back to 1733 and has many buildings and landmarks of historic interest.\u00a0 The quiet community environment is excellent for learning, yet it is only 3 hours by car from the abundant cultural and recreational facilities of Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Virginia Beach.\u00a0 The state&#8217;s famous seaside resort, Ocean City, is only 1 hour from the campus.\u00a0 The campus is located 13 miles south of the town of Salisbury, which provides shopping and recreational facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:57px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Location and Setting The university sits on 745 acres and owns another 385 acres on a nearby research farm.\u00a0 There are approximately 3,300 students enrolled; 93 percent are undergraduates.\u00a0 Students have various backgrounds and come from thirty states and fifty-five other countries. \u00a0 Fifty-five percent of the students live in on-campus housing.\u00a0 All students may&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/about\/location-and-setting\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Location and Setting<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[10],"class_list":["post-1357","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1357\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=1357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}