2023 Best Master's Degree Schools in Maryland
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Master's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in Maryland to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students.
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Top Master's Degree Schools in Maryland
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Our 2023 rankings named Johns Hopkins University the best school in Maryland for students working on their master’s degree.
Online graduate courses are available at Johns Hopkins, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 85% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Maryland - College Park is a great place for students working on their master’s degree.
UMCP does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In fact, around 75% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Out of the 16 schools in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University Maryland landed the # 3 spot on the list.
Loyola Maryland does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 97% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hood College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Hood. During the 2019-2020 year, about 43% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend McDaniel College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland list.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out McDaniel. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
Salisbury University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland ranking.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Salisbury does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 96% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Towson University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list.
Towson does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 100% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
University of Maryland - Baltimore County did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list.
UMBC does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In fact, around 97% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
University of Maryland Global Campus ranked #9 on this year’s Best Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland list.
Online graduate courses are available at UMGC, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 91% took at least some of their classes online.
Mount St Mary’s University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland ranking.
Online graduate courses are available at The Mount, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 48% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #11, Notre Dame of Maryland University did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their master’s degree.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since NDMU does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 61% took at least some of their classes online.
Frostburg State University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland ranking.
Online graduate courses are available at Frostburg State, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 83% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
University of Baltimore came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland ranking.
UB is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
Bowie State University landed the #14 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree programs.
Bowie State University does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 96% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Coppin State University ranked #15 on this year’s Best Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland list.
Coppin does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In 2019-2020 about 36% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Morgan State University ranked #16 on this year’s Best Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Morgan State does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 40% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 16 schools only.
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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