2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Creative Writing (Income $0-$30k) in Maryland

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Creative Writing Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Creative Writing is the 118th most popular major in the country with 6,586 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Maryland, there were 126 creative writing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 50 creative writing graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in creative writing. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great creative writing 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 creative writing program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Creative Writing (Income $0-$30k) in Maryland

#1

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$59,425 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the #1 spot on the list. Johns Hopkins is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 25 masters’s creative writing degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Johns Hopkins, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Creative Writing Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins University are $59,425, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

$30,885 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k list. UMCP is a large school located in College Park, Maryland that handed out 7 masters’s creative writing degrees in 2019-2020.

UMCP not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Creative Writing Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland - College Park are $30,885, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

University of Baltimore

Baltimore, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$21,614 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Baltimore landed the #3 spot on the list. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s creative writing degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

UB did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Creative Writing Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UB are $21,614, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Creative Writing at UB

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Creative Writing (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Creative Writing (Income $0-$30k)

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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