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2023 Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$27,193 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$76,049 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Information Technology Graduate Certificate School for You

Information Technology is one of the most popular subjects to study in Maryland. With 1,400 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Maryland to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for IT students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for IT majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Maryland Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Information Technology

Our 2023 rankings named University of Maryland Global Campus the best value school in Maryland for information technology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Adelphi, UMGC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UMGC graduate students pay an average of $9,342 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Towson University

Towson, MD

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Towson University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value information technology schools in Maryland. Located in the city of Towson, Towson is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Towson graduate students pay an average of $11,034 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johns Hopkins University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland list. Located in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Johns Hopkins are $61,202 a year.

Johns Hopkins not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland list.

Full Information Technology at Johns Hopkins University Report

Best Value Information Technology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Information Technology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 948
Pennsylvania 418
New Jersey 45
District of Columbia 312
Delaware 234

Information Technology is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to IT

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 20,748
Computer Science 15,813
Information Science 6,934
Computer Software & Applications 4,047
Computer Systems Analysis 817

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Craig Dennis.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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