2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value IS Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Information Science is the 56th most popular major in the country with 18,368 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, information science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $58,848 and had an average of $32,600 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maryland, there were 3,504 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,447 and $29,196 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,340 and $104,765 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value IS Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in information science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent information science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the information science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value IS Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland doctor’s degree is students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science (Income $75-$110k) in Maryland

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$30,885 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value IS Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k. College Park, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s IS degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

UMCP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMCP are $30,885, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of Maryland - Baltimore County

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$21,078 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - Baltimore County. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this fairly large public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified doctorate’s IS students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMBC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland - Baltimore County are $21,078, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science (Income $75-$110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science (Income $75-$110k)

Notes and References

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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