2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for Nursing Practice for a Doctorate

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for Nursing Practice for a Doctorate” ranking.

Nursing Practice is the 105th most popular major in the country with 7,992 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Maryland, there were 149 nursing practice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for Nursing Practice for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in nursing practice. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great nursing practice programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the nursing practice program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for Nursing Practice for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for Nursing Practice for a Doctorate”.

Top 2 Best Nursing Practice Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Maryland

1

University of Maryland - Baltimore
Baltimore, Maryland

1 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - Baltimore. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for Nursing Practice for a Doctorate. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this medium-sized public school awarded 133 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s nursing practice students in 2020-2021.

UMB did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Nursing Practice Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list.Among the 7,137 students enrolled at UMB, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $23,600. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Maryland - Baltimore]](/colleges/university-of-maryland-baltimore/student-life/veterans/)

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Salisbury University
Salisbury, Maryland

223 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Salisbury University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for Nursing Practice for a Doctorate. Located in Salisbury, Maryland, this medium-sized public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s nursing practice students in 2020-2021.

Salisbury also made our “Best Nursing Practice Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #2.Our most recent data shows that 223 of the 8,124 students enrolled at Salisbury University were GI Bill® students, of which 96 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,584. On top of their other funding sources, 11 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Salisbury University Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Nursing Practice Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Nursing Practice Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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.

Credits

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