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2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

7 Ranked Colleges
1,115 Degrees Awarded
$21,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Education Schools for a Master's in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Education Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 29,936 people earned their degree in general education, making the major the 35th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,138 and had an average of $29,674 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maryland, there were 1,300 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,600 and $24,415 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1,115 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in general education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general education 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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Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education in Maryland (With Aid)

#1

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the #1 spot on the list. Johns Hopkins is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 618 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Education 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 Johns Hopkins are $59,425.

Read full report on General Education at Johns Hopkins

#2

Towson University

Towson, Maryland

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Towson University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid. Towson is located in Towson, Maryland and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 46 masters’s education degrees to qualified students.

Towson also took the #7 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Towson are $18,972, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Towson University General Education Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - Baltimore County. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s education degrees to 50 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maryland master’s degree education students with aid list, UMBC has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland - Baltimore County are $21,078, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Maryland - Baltimore County General Education Report

#4

Frostburg State University

Frostburg, Maryland

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Frostburg State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid. Frostburg State University is located in Frostburg, Maryland and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 84 masters’s education degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our maryland master’s degree education students with aid list, Frostburg State has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best General Education 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 Frostburg State are $12,790.

Full Frostburg State University General Education Report

#5

Salisbury University

Salisbury, Maryland

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Salisbury University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Salisbury, Maryland, this medium-sized public school awarded 29 degrees to qualified masters’s education students in 2019-2020.

Salisbury also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Salisbury University are $15,543, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Salisbury General Education Report

Notre Dame of Maryland University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid ranking. NDMU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 170 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NDMU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Notre Dame of Maryland University are $11,046, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Education at Notre Dame of Maryland University

#7

Goucher College

Baltimore, Maryland

Goucher College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #7. Goucher is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 97 masters’s education degrees to qualified students.

Goucher did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Education 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 Goucher are $9,047.

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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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