2023 Best Value Public Policy Schools in Maryland

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

Finding the Best Public Policy School for You

In 2020-2021, 167 degrees and certificates were awarded to public policy students who went to a Maryland college or university. This makes it the #42 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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.

The Best Value Public Policy Schools in Maryland ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Maryland to see which ones offered the best value programs for public policy students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Public Policy Schools in Maryland

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Public Policy Colleges.

Best Maryland Schools for Affordable Quality in Public Policy

#1

University of Maryland - Baltimore County

Baltimore, MD

21 Degrees

#8 in Quality in Maryland

$12,280 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Maryland - Baltimore County the best value school in Maryland for public policy students. UMBC is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Baltimore.

UMBC undergraduate students pay an average of $12,280 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, MD

146 Degrees

#2 in Quality in Maryland

$10,955 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Public Policy Schools in Maryland list. UMCP is a very large public school located in the suburb of College Park.

UMCP undergraduate students pay an average of $10,955 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UMCP also made our Best Public Policy Schools in Maryland list, coming in at #2.

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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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