2023 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Prep Programs in Maryland

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Medical Prep Major in Maryland for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Health/Medical Prep Programs is the 104th most popular major in the country with 9,210 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, health/medical prep programs graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $28,184 and had an average of $21,459 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maryland, there were 127 health/medical prep programs graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $25,292 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 13 health/medical prep programs graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,870 and $17,588 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Medical Prep Major in Maryland for an Associate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in health/medical prep programs. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in health/medical prep programs.

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Most Well Attended Medical Prep Major in Maryland for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland associate degree medical prep students.

Top 2 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Prep Programs in Maryland

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College of Southern Maryland
La Plata, Maryland

#22 overall quality in Maryland

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Medical Prep Major in Maryland for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Southern Maryland landed the #1 spot on the list. CSM is a medium-sized public school situated in La Plata, Maryland. It awarded 10 associates’s medical prep degrees in 2020-2021.

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Hagerstown Community College
Hagerstown, Maryland

#25 overall quality in Maryland

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hagerstown Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Medical Prep Major in Maryland for an Associate list. HCC is a small public school situated in Hagerstown, Maryland. It awarded 3 associates’s medical prep degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Health/Medical Prep Programs at HCC

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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.