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2025 Best Security Science and Technology Schools in Maryland

3 Colleges in Maryland
397 Security Science and Technology Degrees Awarded
$51,345 Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in security science and technology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #123 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Maryland to determine which ones were the best for security science and technology students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 397 degrees in security science and technology annually.

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Choosing a Great Security Science and Technology School

Best Security Science and Technology Schools in Maryland Your choice of security science and technology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for security science and technology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

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Associate Degrees in Security Science and Technology
Bachelor's Degrees in Security Science and Technology
Master's Degrees in Security Science and Technology

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Security Science and Technology Schools in Maryland ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.

Best Schools for Security Science and Technology in Maryland

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the security science and technology degree levels they offer.

Top Maryland Schools in Security Science and Technology

1
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
204 Security Science and Technology Degrees Awarded
$70,156 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat University of Maryland Global Campus if you want to pursue a degree in security science and technology. Located in the suburb of Adelphi, UMGC is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #179 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UMGC is a great university overall.

There were approximately 204 security science and technology students who graduated with this degree at UMGC in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the security science and technology program at University of Maryland Global Campus get $18,811 more than the standard college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.

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2
Stevenson crest
Stevenson University
Owings Mills, MD
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
89 Security Science and Technology Degrees Awarded
$62,501 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in security science and technology needs to look into Stevenson University. Located in the suburb of Owings Mills, Stevenson is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 18th out of 35 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.

There were approximately 89 security science and technology students who graduated with this degree at Stevenson in the most recent year we have data available. Those security science and technology students who get their degree from Stevenson University earn $11,156 more than the typical security science and technology grad.

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In MD
33 Security Science and Technology Degrees Awarded

University of Baltimore is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in security science and technology. Located in the city of Baltimore, UB is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 19th out of 35 schools for overall quality in the state of Maryland.

There were about 33 security science and technology students who graduated with this degree at UB in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Security Science and Technology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Security Science and Technology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 334 311
New York 333 905
New Jersey 273 19
District of Columbia 188 28

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One of 4 majors within the Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting area of study, Security Science and Technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Security Science and Technology Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Forensic Science and Technology 224
Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism 135
Criminalistics and Criminal Science 22
Financial Forensics and Fraud Investigation 16

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Majors Similar to Security Science and Technology

Related Major Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice & Corrections 1,398
Other Homeland Security 31
Homeland Security 28
Fire Protection 14

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