of Maryland with five other public institutions across the state.
Towson dropped the designation "state" from its name and became Towson University on July 1, 1997. The new name recognized shifts in funding and the development and growth of Towson as a metropolitan university.
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Towson University is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and the Maryland State Department of Education. For the Fall 2010 freshmen class, Towson accepted about 57% of their applicants. The average grade point average was a 3.45 and the middle 50% of matriculating students had ACT composite scores between 21 and 25. Towson educates undergraduate and graduate students in thirty academic departments which are subdivided into eight colleges:
College of Business and Economics
College of Education
College of Health Professions
College of Liberal Arts
Jess and Mildred Fisher College of Science and Mathematics
Towson University Honors College
College of Graduate Studies and Research
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