2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Registered Nursing in Maryland

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland” ranking - to help you make that decision.

With 259,493 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, registered nursing is the 3rd most popular major in the United States.

Across Maryland, there were 3,591 registered nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 registered nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,340 and $104,765 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality registered nursing programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the registered nursing program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland

The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland doctor’s degree registered nursing students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Registered Nursing in Maryland

#1

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$59,425 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s registered nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins also made our “Best Registered Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #1. 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 more about Registered Nursing at Johns Hopkins

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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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