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2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland

8 Ranked Colleges
464 Degrees Awarded
$21,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor's in Maryland

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 Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 559,661 liberal arts / sciences and humanities students received their degree, making the major the 3rd most popular in the country. 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs, but they also 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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Maryland

#1

Frostburg State University

Frostburg, Maryland
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Frostburg State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland. Frostburg State University 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. The estimated yearly cost for Frostburg State University is $16,676 for Maryland Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities students.

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#2

Salisbury University

Salisbury, Maryland
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Salisbury University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland list. Salisbury, Maryland is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to 66 students in 2019-2020.

Salisbury also took the #5 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. It costs about $19,617 for maryland bachelor’s degree liberal arts / sciences & humanities students per year to attend Salisbury University.

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%.

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#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland Global Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Maryland Global Campus is located in Adelphi, Maryland and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 51 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to qualified students.

UMGC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Maryland Global Campus is $14,288 for maryland bachelor’s degree liberal arts / sciences & humanities students.

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#4

Coppin State University

Baltimore, Maryland
#8 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Coppin State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Coppin State University is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Coppin, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Coppin is $11,686 for maryland bachelor’s degree liberal arts / sciences & humanities students.

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#5

St John's College

Annapolis, Maryland
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, St John’s College landed the #5 spot on the list. St John’s College is a small school located in Annapolis, Maryland that handed out 124 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

St. John’s Annapolis not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. It costs about $27,491 for maryland bachelor’s degree liberal arts / sciences & humanities students per year to attend St. John’s Annapolis.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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.

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#7 in overall quality

Notre Dame of Maryland University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland ranking. NDMU is a small school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 40 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

NDMU also made our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend Notre Dame of Maryland University is $22,930 for Maryland Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities students.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#7

Washington College

Chestertown, Maryland
#3 in overall quality

Washington College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland ranking. 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 made our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $28,638 for maryland bachelor’s degree liberal arts / sciences & humanities students per year to attend Washington College.

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. The low student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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#8

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland
#1 in overall quality

Johns Hopkins University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland 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 $29,342 for maryland bachelor’s degree liberal arts / sciences & humanities students per year to attend Johns Hopkins University.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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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%.

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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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