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2023 Most Popular Online Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland

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$76,049 Avg Salary
$21,479 Avg Student Debt

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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Maryland to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Information Technology Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found University of Maryland Global Campus to be the most popular school for information technology students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in Maryland. Located in the large suburb of Adelphi, UMGC is a public college with a very large student population.

About 35% of the students majoring in IT at the school are women while 65% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sans Technology Institute. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland list. Sans Technology Institute is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Bethesda.

Women make up 5% of the IT majors at the school.

Full Information Technology at Sans Technology Institute Report

#3

Towson University

Towson, MD

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Towson University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland list. Located in the small city of Towson, Towson is a public college with a very large student population.

About 47% of the students majoring in IT at the school are women while 53% are male.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Capitol Technology University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best information technology schools in Maryland. Located in the large suburb of Laurel, Capitol Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Women make up 20% of the IT majors at the school.

Full Information Technology at Capitol Technology University Report

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

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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 4 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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