2022 Best Value German Schools in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value German Schools in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Germanic Languages is the 216th most popular major in the country with 1,415 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, Germanic languages graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,200 and had an average of $22,114 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maryland, there were 27 Germanic languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value German Schools in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in Germanic languages. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent Germanic languages programs, but they also 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 Germanic languages program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value German Schools in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value German Schools in Maryland For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Germanic Languages in Maryland (With Aid)

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$19,045 Average Net Price

$48,842 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 German Schools in Maryland For Those Getting Aid. UMCP is located in College Park, Maryland and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 ’s German degrees to qualified students.

UMCP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Germanic Languages Schools in Maryland” list. The estimated yearly cost for UMCP is $19,045 for Maryland German students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Germanic Languages at UMCP

#2

McDaniel College

Westminster, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$18,182 Average Net Price

$36,850 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend McDaniel College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value German Schools in Maryland For Those Getting Aid. This small school is located in Westminster, Maryland, and it awarded 5 ’s German degrees in 2019-2020.

McDaniel also took the #2 spot in our “Best Germanic Languages Schools in Maryland” ranking. The yearly cost to attend McDaniel College is $18,182 for Maryland German students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Germanic Languages at McDaniel

• Best Value Colleges for Germanic Languages in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Colleges for Germanic Languages (With Aid)

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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