2021 Best Colleges in Maryland for Students from Germany

International students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its Best Colleges for German Students in Maryland ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

We analyzed 3 colleges and universities across Maryland to determine which were the best for German students in Maryland. Our ranking methodology focuses a number of different objective factors - such as the overall quality of the school, number of total international students at the school, and the percentage of international students on campus - to make this determination.

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Top Colleges in Maryland for Students from Germany

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 German students in Maryland. Johns Hopkins is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 1,847 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 19.2% of the total student population at the school is international. Students studying at Johns Hopkins come from such countries as China, India, and South Korea.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

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2

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

$38,638 Avg Tuition & Fees

10.0% International Students

Out of the 3 schools in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in College Park, Maryland, the large public school awarded 8,838 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

International students make up 10.0% of the total student body at the school. The top three countries sending students to study at UMCP are China, India, and South Korea.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD

$28,470 Avg Tuition & Fees

8.0% International Students

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Maryland - Baltimore County helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for German students in Maryland. This fairly large public school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 2,725 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 8.0% of the total student population at the school is international. The top three countries sending students to study at UMBC are India, China, and Saudi Arabia.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 3 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.