Maryland College Survey

The Maryland Collaborative designed the Maryland College Survey (MD-CAS) to collect standardized information for member schools on the levels of alcohol, other substance use, and mental health concerns 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 substances, access and availability to those substances, risk factors associated with substance use, harms experienced from students’ own substance use, and harms students experience because of other students’ substance use. 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.