Maryland College Alcohol Survey

The Maryland Collaborative designed the Maryland College Alcohol Survey (MD-CAS) to collect standardized information for member schools on the levels of alcohol use and excessive drinking among college students on their campuses. MD-CAS is administered annually or biennially at member schools and includes questions on the level of alcohol use and other related substances, access and availability to alcohol, risk factors associated with excessive alcohol use, harms experienced from students’ own alcohol use, and harms students experience because of other students’ drinking. Additionally, MD-CAS allows campuses the flexibility to assess newly arising concerns in a timely manner by supporting campus-specific questions each year.

Member schools use the annual data from MD-CAS to drive their decision making and inform programming and policies, resulting in more efficient use of resources and better targeting of current student needs. Additionally, MD-CAS provides the ability to measure and evaluate the impact of campus strategies and interventions.