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2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k

7 Ranked Colleges
1,115 Degrees Awarded
$21,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Education Schools for a Master's in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Education is the 35th most popular major in the country with 29,936 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,138 and had an average of $29,674 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maryland, there were 1,300 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,600 and $24,415 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1,115 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $48-$75k) in Maryland

#1

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johns Hopkins University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k list. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s education degrees to 618 students in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins are $59,425.

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#2

Towson University

Towson, Maryland

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Towson University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k. Towson University is a public institution located in Towson, Maryland. The school has a large population, and it awarded 46 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Towson also made our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #7. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Towson University are $18,972.

Full Towson University General Education Report

#3

Salisbury University

Salisbury, Maryland

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Salisbury University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Salisbury, Maryland, this medium-sized public school awarded 29 diplomas to qualified masters’s education students in 2019-2020.

Salisbury not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Salisbury University are $15,543, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Education at Salisbury University

#4

Goucher College

Baltimore, Maryland

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Goucher College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k list. This small school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 97 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

Goucher not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Goucher College are $9,047, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

Frostburg State University

Frostburg, Maryland

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Frostburg State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k. Frostburg State is located in Frostburg, Maryland and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 84 masters’s education degrees to qualified students.

Frostburg State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Frostburg State University are $12,790, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Frostburg State University General Education Report

University of Maryland - Baltimore County came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this fairly large public school handed out 50 degrees to qualified masters’s education students in 2019-2020.

UMBC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland - Baltimore County are $21,078, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Education at UMBC

Notre Dame of Maryland University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. NDMU is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 170 masters’s education degrees to qualified students.

NDMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at NDMU are $11,046, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Education at NDMU

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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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