2023 Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You
Engineering is one of the most popular subjects to study in Maryland. With 1,842 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 5th out of all the majors we track in the state.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Engineering 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 engineering 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2023 Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for engineering majors pursuing a graduate certificate.
Best Maryland Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Engineering
Our analysis found University of Maryland - College Park to be the best value school for engineering students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Maryland. UMCP is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of College Park.
UMCP graduate students pay an average of $16,995 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
UMCP did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland list.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - Baltimore County. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland list. UMBC is a large public school located in the large suburb of Baltimore.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMBC are $14,814 per year.
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Out of the 3 schools in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.
Johns Hopkins graduate students pay an average of $61,202 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Johns Hopkins did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland list.
Best Value Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
Explore all the Best Value Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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New York | 5,231 |
Pennsylvania | 3,224 |
New Jersey | 1,714 |
District of Columbia | 311 |
Delaware | 136 |
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Engineering Related Majors for Engineering
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Most Popular Majors Related to Engineering
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Computer & Information Sciences | 60,971 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences | 28,851 |
Mathematics & Statistics | 15,127 |
Physical Sciences | 12,705 |
Engineering Technologies | 7,672 |
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).
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