2024 Best Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Maryland

Ranked #5 in popularity, nursing is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 248 doctor's degrees in nursing during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Nursing School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of nursing for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality nursing program can vary widely even among the top schools. 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 much a school focuses on nursing students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of nursing 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 easy is it for nursing to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized nursing related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Nursing in Maryland

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

Top Maryland Schools for a Doctorate in Nursing

1

University of Maryland - Baltimore
Baltimore, MD

137 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in nursing has to check out University of Maryland - Baltimore. Located in the large city of Baltimore, UMB is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in nursing from University of Maryland - Baltimore

2

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

102 Annual Graduates

Johns Hopkins University is a good choice for students pursuing a doctor's degree in nursing. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Baltimore.More information about a doctorate in nursing from Johns Hopkins University

3

Salisbury University
Salisbury, MD

5 Annual Graduates

Salisbury University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in nursing. Located in the small suburb of Salisbury, Salisbury is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in nursing from Salisbury University

4

Coppin State University
Baltimore, MD

4 Annual Graduates

Coppin State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in nursing. Coppin is a small public university located in the city of Baltimore.More information about a doctorate in nursing from Coppin State University

 

Best Nursing Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	176	483
New York	174	302
New Jersey	115	209
District of Columbia	81	52
Delaware	53	44

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Nursing Related Rankings by Major

Nursing is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Nursing Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing Practice	142
Nursing Administration	95
Registered Nursing	7
Nursing Science	4

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Medicine	270
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	232
Dentistry	125
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	96
Public Health	59
Communication Sciences	25
Health & Medical Administrative Services	19
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	17
Mental & Social Health Services	14
Alternative Medicine & Systems	11

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 Aleksahgabrielle. More about our data sources and methodologies.