2024 Best Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Maryland

If you pursue a doctor's degree in education, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #3 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 6 schools in Maryland to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of education. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 156 doctor's degrees in education during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Education School for Your Doctor's Degree

The education doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to education students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of education students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt education students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized education related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for education students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Maryland list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Education in Maryland

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for education students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Maryland Schools for a Doctorate in Education

1

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

48 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Johns Hopkins University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in education. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Baltimore.More information about a doctorate in education from Johns Hopkins University

2

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

41 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in education has to look into University of Maryland - College Park. UMCP is a very large public university located in the suburb of College Park.More information about a doctorate in education from University of Maryland - College Park

3

Salisbury University
Salisbury, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Salisbury University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in education. Located in the small suburb of Salisbury, Salisbury is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in education from Salisbury University

4

Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

31 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in education has to look into Morgan State University. Morgan State is a medium-sized public university located in the large city of Baltimore.More information about a doctorate in education from Morgan State University

5

Notre Dame of Maryland University
Baltimore, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

6 Annual Graduates

NDMU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Baltimore.More information about a doctorate in education from Notre Dame of Maryland University

6

Frostburg State University
Frostburg, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Frostburg State is a small public university located in the small suburb of Frostburg.More information about a doctorate in education from Frostburg State University

Best Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	30	522
Pennsylvania	29	756
New Jersey	28	217
District of Columbia	24	67
Delaware	21	112

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Education Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Educational Administration	80
General Education	48
Student Counseling	11
Teacher Education Subject Specific	4
Other Education	4
Curriculum & Instruction	3
Special Education	3
Educational Assessment	2
Instructional Media Design	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Horadrim. More about our data sources and methodologies.