Allegany College of Maryland is a high quality, low cost educational community college with its main campus set in the mountains of Maryland's Allegany County and branch locations in Pennsylvania's Bedford and Somerset Counties. Read our vision, mission, values, goals, and philosophy and you'll quickly find out we are a college that cares about our students and the communities we serve. ACM is open to all students who can profit from collegiate instruction. Admission or readmission to certain programs is restricted; but for the most part, Allegany College of Maryland maintains an open door admissions policy.