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2023 Best General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland

3 Colleges
$47,664 Avg Salary
$26,812 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best General Education Graduate Certificate School for You

General Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in Maryland. With 1,145 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Maryland to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland

Check out the education graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top Maryland Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in General Education

#1

Goucher College

Baltimore, MD

Our analysis found Goucher College to be the best school for general education students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Maryland. Goucher is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.

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Out of the 3 schools in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Notre Dame of Maryland University landed the # 2 spot on the list. NDMU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Baltimore.

Read full report on General Education at Notre Dame of Maryland University

#3

Frostburg State University

Frostburg, MD

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Frostburg State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland list. Located in the small suburb of Frostburg, Frostburg State is a public college with a small student population.

Read full report on General Education at Frostburg State University

Best General Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best General Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 199
Pennsylvania 861
New Jersey 366
District of Columbia 25
Delaware 84

One of 14 majors within the area of study, general education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Education

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616
Curriculum & Instruction 19,784

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
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