2021 Best Colleges in Maryland for Students from Italy

International students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our Best Colleges for Italian Students in Maryland ranking is part of that endeavor.

After analyzing 2 schools in Maryland, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Italian students in Maryland. Instead of depending on subjective information, we focus on objective factors to determine this ranking. These factors include such things as the total number of international students at the school and the school's overall quality.

Find out 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 Italy

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

Our 2021 rankings named Johns Hopkins University the best school for Italian students in Maryland working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, the large private not-for-profit school handed out 1,847 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 19.2% of the total student population at the school is international. Students from as far away as China, India, and South Korea come to Johns Hopkins to study.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Johns Hopkins University Report

2

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

$38,638 Avg Tuition & Fees

10.0% International Students

A rank of #2 on our list means University of Maryland - College Park is a great place for Italian students in Maryland working on their bachelor’s degree. College Park, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 8,838 students in 2020-2021.

International students make up 10.0% of the total student body at the school. Students from as far away as China, India, and South Korea come to UMCP to study.

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

Full University of Maryland - College Park Report

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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.