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2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Maryland

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$24,170 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$115,233 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Doctor's Degree School for You

Nursing is one of the most popular subjects to study in Maryland. With 922 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 6th 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 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 Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Maryland to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Maryland to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for nursing 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.

2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland

Check out the nursing doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Maryland Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Nursing

#1

Salisbury University

Salisbury, MD

Our analysis found Salisbury University to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Maryland. Located in the small suburb of Salisbury, Salisbury is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Salisbury graduate students pay an average of $10,529 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Salisbury is ranked #3 for overall quality for nursing in Maryland.

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#2

Coppin State University

Baltimore, MD

Out of the 4 schools in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Coppin State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Coppin is a small public school located in the city of Baltimore.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Coppin are $7,902 per year.

Read full report on Nursing at Coppin State University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Maryland - Baltimore. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland list. UMB is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Baltimore.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMB are $17,046 per year.

Full Nursing at University of Maryland - Baltimore Report

#4

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johns Hopkins University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland list. Johns Hopkins is a fairly 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 #2 on our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland list.

Read full report on Nursing at Johns Hopkins University

Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 3,148
Pennsylvania 2,683
New Jersey 691
District of Columbia 534
Delaware 174

Nursing is one of 29 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952

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 Aleksahgabrielle.

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