November Assessment 365: Results from the Maryland Collaborative College Survey

In November we welcome Brittany Goetsch and Tiffani McGronan from the Office of Health Promotion to present the results of the spring 2026 Maryland Collaborative College Survey. UMBC is among 19 member institutions of The Maryland Collaborative to address student drinking, cannabis, tobacco use, and behaviors related to gambling/betting and mental health.

The Maryland Collaborative College Survey is implemented every two years at UMBC, and gathers information about student drinking, cannabis, other drug, and gambling and betting behaviors, in addition to mental health experiences and perspectives of resources on campus. In Spring of 2026, UMBC participated in the College Survey and 3,000 randomly selected full-time undergraduate UMBC students, 18-25 years-old received the survey. Survey results are received, analyzed, and shared with member institutions by the Maryland Collaborative Team.

This presentation will share key results from the 2026 College Survey with staff and faculty. It will also provide context and trends in comparison with previous years' data, and a look at benchmarking against other institutions who also took the survey in 2026.