ICFM raises operating funds and provides other economic value to these colleges to help assure their financial viability. Most dollars raised go toward scholarships to deserving and needy students through a variety of innovative programs. Our ten colleges offer different approaches to the challenges of higher education, but all are committed to providing a core curriculum of liberal arts and sciences through personal instruction geared to the student's own abilities and aspirations. Today's 18,000 undergraduate students at ICFM institutions represent 18 percent of the state's undergraduate population. However, these same institutions confer 22 percent of all bachelor's degrees, including degrees in business and 30 percent of all bachelor's degrees in engineering.
Postgraduate figures are even more impressive.
Maryland and regional businesses support ICFM in recognition of the value these institutions and their graduates bring to the economic vitality of the state.