2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on English or French Major in Maryland

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Teaching English or French is the 140th most popular major in the country with 5,791 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, teaching English or French graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $46,917 and had an average of $20,920 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maryland, there were 73 teaching English or French graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 37 teaching English or French graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,303 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on English or French Major in Maryland” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in teaching English or French. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their teaching English or French program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on English or French Major in Maryland

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on English or French Major in Maryland”.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Teaching English or French in Maryland

1

University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Baltimore, Maryland

#6 overall quality in Maryland

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on English or French Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - Baltimore County landed the #1 spot on the list. UMBC is a fairly large public school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 31 masters’s English or French degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Teaching English or French at UMBC

2

McDaniel College
Westminster, Maryland

#11 overall quality in Maryland

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend McDaniel College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on English or French Major in Maryland list. This small school is located in Westminster, Maryland, and it awarded 6 masters’s English or French degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Teaching English or French at McDaniel College

3

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

#1 overall quality in Maryland

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johns Hopkins University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on English or French Major in Maryland list. Johns Hopkins University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Baltimore, Maryland. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Teaching English or French at Johns Hopkins University

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Teaching English or French in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Teaching English or French

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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