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2022 Best Value Educational Leadership and Administration Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

8 Ranked Colleges
160 Degrees Awarded
$16,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Educational Leadership and Administration Schools for a Master's in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Educational Leadership and Administration Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Educational Leadership & Administration is the 33rd most popular major in the country with 32,654 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Maryland, there were 460 general educational leadership and administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 160 general educational leadership and administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Educational Leadership and Administration Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general educational leadership and administration. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general educational leadership and administration programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general educational leadership and administration program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Educational Leadership and Administration Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland master’s degree educational leadership and administration students with aid.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Educational Leadership & Administration in Maryland (With Aid)

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Educational Leadership and Administration Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid list. University of Maryland - College Park is a public institution located in College Park, Maryland. The school has a large population, and it awarded 39 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMCP also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Educational Leadership & Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMCP are $30,885.

Read more about General Educational Leadership & Administration at UMCP

#2

Bowie State University

Bowie, Maryland

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bowie State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Educational Leadership and Administration Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid. Located in Bowie, Maryland, this medium-sized public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s educational leadership and administration students in 2019-2020.

Bowie State University also made our “Best General Educational Leadership & Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bowie State University are $15,281, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Educational Leadership & Administration at Bowie State University

#3

Salisbury University

Salisbury, Maryland
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Educational Leadership and Administration Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Salisbury University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Salisbury, Maryland, this medium-sized public school handed out 13 degrees to qualified masters’s educational leadership and administration students in 2019-2020.

Salisbury also made our “Best General Educational Leadership & Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Salisbury are $15,543, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Educational Leadership & Administration at Salisbury University

#4

Morgan State University

Baltimore, Maryland
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Educational Leadership and Administration Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Morgan State University landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 3 masters’s educational leadership and administration degrees in 2019-2020.

Morgan State also took the #7 spot in our “Best General Educational Leadership & Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Morgan State University are $17,339.

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#5

McDaniel College

Westminster, Maryland
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Educational Leadership and Administration Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, McDaniel College landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Westminster, Maryland, and it awarded 8 masters’s educational leadership and administration degrees in 2019-2020.

McDaniel also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Educational Leadership & Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at McDaniel College are $9,568, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full McDaniel College General Educational Leadership & Administration Report

#6

Hood College

Frederick, Maryland
#5 in overall quality

Hood College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Educational Leadership and Administration Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Frederick, Maryland, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 16 diplomas to qualified masters’s educational leadership and administration students in 2019-2020.

Hood also took the #5 spot in our “Best General Educational Leadership & Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hood College are $9,070, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#7

Mount St Mary's University

Emmitsburg, Maryland
#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Mount St Mary’s University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Educational Leadership and Administration Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid list. Mount St Mary’s University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Emmitsburg, Maryland. The school has a small population, and it awarded 17 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

The Mount did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best General Educational Leadership & Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The Mount are $13,673, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Mount St Mary’s University General Educational Leadership & Administration Report

#8

Loyola University Maryland

Baltimore, Maryland
#2 in overall quality

Loyola University Maryland ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Educational Leadership and Administration Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid list. Loyola Maryland is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 62 masters’s educational leadership and administration degrees to qualified students.

Loyola Maryland also made our “Best General Educational Leadership & Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Loyola Maryland are $17,970, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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