2022 Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Maryland

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Maryland” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Information Technology is the 46th most popular major in the country with 38,958 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, information technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $39,044 and had an average of $25,781 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maryland, there were 2,510 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,027 and $23,504 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 965 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Maryland” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in information technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great information technology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the information technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Maryland” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Maryland

The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland master’s degree it students.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology in Maryland

#1

University of Maryland Global Campus

Adelphi, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$12,132 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$86,774 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland Global Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Adelphi, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s IT degrees to 821 students in 2019-2020.

UMGC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMGC are $12,132.

Read more about Information Technology at UMGC

#2

Hood College

Frederick, Maryland

#3 in overall quality

$9,070 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Hood College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Frederick, Maryland, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 26 degrees to qualified masters’s IT students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maryland master’s degree it students list, Hood has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hood are $9,070, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Information Technology at Hood College

#3

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$59,425 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$96,183 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johns Hopkins University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Maryland list. Johns Hopkins is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 72 masters’s IT degrees in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins also made our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins University are $59,425, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Information Technology at Johns Hopkins University

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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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