2021 Best Colleges in Maryland for Students from Australia

With all of the options international students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its Best Colleges for Australian Students in Maryland ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Maryland to determine which ones were the best for Australian students in Maryland. Our ranking is based on several objective factors, including the school's overall quality and the total number of international students at the school. We steer clear of subjective measures since they don't give a clear picture when determining how one school compares to another.

Learn more about our ranking methodology.

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We know that one set of rankings doesn't always help you determine the best school for you, so we've created the ability to narrow your list by location as well as alternative rankings that prioritize different factors such as those of importance to online students or returning adults or those who value diversity and value for your money.

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Top Colleges in Maryland for Students from Australia

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

$58,720 Avg Tuition & Fees

19.2% International Students

Johns Hopkins University tops this year’s ranking as the best school for Australian students in Maryland. Johns Hopkins is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1,847 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.

Of the total number of students at the school, 19.2% are international. The top three countries sending students to study at Johns Hopkins are China, India, and South Korea.

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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2

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

$38,638 Avg Tuition & Fees

10.0% International Students

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. UMCP is a public institution located in College Park, Maryland. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8,838 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 10.0% of the total student population at the school is international. The top three countries sending students to study at UMCP are China, India, and South Korea.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 2 schools only.

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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.