2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration in Maryland

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Higher Education/Higher Education Administration is the 160th most popular major in the country with 4,709 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Maryland, there were 9 higher education/higher education administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 higher education/higher education administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,303 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in Maryland for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in higher education/higher education administration. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in higher education/higher education administration.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in Maryland for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in Maryland for a Master’s”.

Top 3 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration in Maryland

1

Morgan State University
Baltimore, Maryland

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Morgan State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in Maryland for a Master’s list. Morgan State is a medium-sized public school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 6 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at Morgan State

2

Notre Dame of Maryland University
Baltimore, Maryland

#21 overall quality in Maryland

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in Maryland for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Notre Dame of Maryland University landed the #2 spot on the list. NDMU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Baltimore, Maryland. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full NDMU Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Report

2

Goucher College
Baltimore, Maryland

#8 overall quality in Maryland

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Goucher College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in Maryland for a Master’s. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s higher education/higher education administration students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Goucher Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Report

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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