St. Mary's College of Maryland
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![Calvert Hall, St. Mary's College of Maryland, the public honors college.](/Images/godic/202502/11/Calvert_Hall3654.jpg")
![The first Lord Baltimore, George Calvert, a Catholic during a time of persecution of Catholics who won the original grant for the Maryland Colony and who also envisioned it as a place of religious tolerance.[11] Small painted icon, dating to between circa 1615 and circa 1620, Walters Museum, Baltimore.](/Images/godic/202502/11/Peter_Oliver_-_George_Calvert,_First_Lord_Baltimore_-_Walters_38215_(2)3654.jpg")
![Goodpaster and Schafer Halls on the campus of St. Mary's College of Maryland. They are named, respectively, after General Andrew J. Goodpaster, the former Superintendent of West Point Military Academy and William Donald Schafer, the former Governor of Maryland. Both men were very involved in the ongoing development of St. Mary's College of Maryland and each served on its Board of Trustees for years.](/Images/godic/202502/11/St._Mary's_College_of_Maryland_SMCM3654.jpg")
St. Mary's College of Maryland, established in 1840, is an American public, secular (non-religious) and co-educational four-year liberal arts college located in St. Mary's City, Maryland.
It is a public honors college, a state-supported college that offers an experience similar to that of an elite liberal arts college. With about 1800 enrolled students, the institution offers bachelor's degrees in 24 disciplines. as well as a master's in teaching.