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2023 Most Popular Online Doctor's Degree Schools in Maryland

7 Schools Ranked

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. As online education opportunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also there are many trade schools and bootcamps 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 Most Popular Online Doctor's Degree Schools in Maryland to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in Maryland to see which ones had the most popular online doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Learn more about these popular schools with online programs:

54 Total Awards
$9,342 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Maryland Global Campus the most popular school in Maryland for students working on their doctor’s degree. UMGC is located in Adelphi, Maryland and has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 54 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.

Of those students who received their degree, 54% were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 91% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

Full University of Maryland Global Campus Report

#2

Capitol Technology University

Laurel, Maryland
54 Total Awards
$11,844 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capitol Technology University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland list. This very small private not-for-profit school is located in Laurel, Maryland, and it awarded 54 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 28% were women.

Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 99% took at least some of their classes online.

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#3

Morgan State University

Baltimore, Maryland
71 Total Awards
$9,657 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Morgan State University is a great place for students working on their doctor’s degree. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctor’s degrees to 71 students in 2020-2021.

Around 68% of those degree recipients were women.

Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 40% took at least some of their classes online.

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#4

Salisbury University

Salisbury, Maryland
9 Total Awards
$10,529 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Salisbury University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular schools in Maryland. Located in Salisbury, Maryland, the medium-sized public school handed out 9 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 78% were women.

During the 2019-2020 year, about 96% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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#5

Notre Dame of Maryland University

Baltimore, Maryland
60 Total Awards
$13,711 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 7 schools in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Notre Dame of Maryland University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Notre Dame of Maryland University is a small private not-for-profit school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 60 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 72% were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 61% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#6

Towson University

Towson, Maryland
30 Total Awards
$11,034 Average Tuition & Fees

Towson University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. Towson, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctor’s degrees to 30 students in 2020-2021.

Around 80% of those degree recipients were women.

Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 100% took at least some of their classes online.

Full Towson University Report

#7

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland
726 Total Awards
$61,202 Average Tuition & Fees

Johns Hopkins University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, the large private not-for-profit school handed out 726 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.

Around 56% of those degree recipients were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 85% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.

References

  • 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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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