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2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k

6 Ranked Colleges
464 Degrees Awarded
$23,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor's in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k

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 Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 559,661 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,786 and had an average of $16,538 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maryland, there were 9,621 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,691 and $13,992 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 464 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,371 and $23,982 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the liberal arts / sciences and humanities program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $75-$110k) in Maryland

#1

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the #1 spot on the list. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. It costs about $19,177 for Maryland Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Johns Hopkins.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Johns Hopkins University

#2

Frostburg State University

Frostburg, Maryland
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Frostburg State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Frostburg State is a small public school situated in Frostburg, Maryland. It awarded 52 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

Frostburg State also took the #6 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. It costs about $20,872 for maryland bachelor’s degree liberal arts / sciences & humanities students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Frostburg State.

Full Frostburg State Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

#3

Salisbury University

Salisbury, Maryland
#5 in overall quality

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 Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k. Salisbury is a medium-sized public school situated in Salisbury, Maryland. It awarded 66 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

Salisbury did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. The yearly cost to attend Salisbury is $22,193 for Maryland Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Salisbury

#4

St John's College

Annapolis, Maryland
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, St John’s College landed the #4 spot on the list. St. John’s Annapolis is a private not-for-profit institution located in Annapolis, Maryland. The school has a small population, and it awarded 124 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

St. John’s Annapolis did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. It costs about $28,552 for maryland bachelor’s degree liberal arts / sciences & humanities students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend St John’s College.

The 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. The student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#5

Washington College

Chestertown, Maryland
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k. Chestertown, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

Washington College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. It costs about $28,468 for maryland bachelor’s degree liberal arts / sciences & humanities students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Washington College.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Washington College Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

#7 in overall quality

Notre Dame of Maryland University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 40 degrees to qualified bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2019-2020.

NDMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. The estimated yearly cost for Notre Dame of Maryland University is $24,120 for Maryland Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 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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