by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., Hood College landed the #468 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
Hood also ranked #10 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Maryland.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and Hood took the #543 spot on the list.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Maryland, Hood came in at #9.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 67.1% of the total graduate students at Hood are women and 32.9% are men.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 24.7% of the graduate student population at Hood. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at Hood. Around 8.8% of graduate students are international. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $8,820 | $8,820 |
| Fees | $260 | $260 |
Master's degree recipients from Hood earn an average salary of $60,181 during the early years of their career. Chalk that up in the win column since that salary is 3% higher than the national average of $58,425.
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Contact details for Hood are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 401 Rosemont Ave, Frederick, MD 21701 |
| Phone: | 301-663-3131 |
| Website: | www.hood.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/hoodcollege |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/hood_college |
About 60.0% of the graduate students at Hood College took at least one online class during the 2020-2021 academic year. Roughly 39.6% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 7 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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