2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science in Maryland

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 IS Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 18,368 people earned their degree in information science, making the major the 56th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, information science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $58,848 and had an average of $32,600 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maryland, there were 3,504 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,447 and $29,196 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,340 and $104,765 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality information science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the information science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value IS Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value IS Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland

The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland doctor’s degree is students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science in Maryland

#1

University of Maryland - Baltimore County

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$21,078 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - Baltimore County. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland list. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s IS degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maryland doctor’s degree is students list, UMBC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMBC are $21,078, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Information Science at University of Maryland - Baltimore County

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$30,885 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland list. UMCP is located in College Park, Maryland and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s IS degrees to qualified students.

UMCP also took the #1 spot in our “Best Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMCP are $30,885, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Information Science at UMCP

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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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

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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