2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Individualized Studies in Maryland
14
Ranked Colleges
6,334
Degrees Awarded
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in Maryland” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 37,634 people earned their degree in individualized studies, making the major the 38th most popular in the United States.
Across Maryland, there were 7,018 individualized studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 6,334 individualized studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,870 and $17,588 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in Maryland” ranking looked at 14 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in individualized studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in individualized studies.
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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in Maryland
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in Maryland”.
Top 14 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Individualized Studies in Maryland
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Prince George’s Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in Maryland list. Largo, Maryland is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s individualized studies degrees to 634 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montgomery College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in Maryland list. This fairly large school is located in Rockville, Maryland, and it awarded 944 associates’s individualized studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Community College of Baltimore County landed the #3 spot on the list. CCBC is a public institution located in Baltimore, Maryland. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 741 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Individualized Studies at CCBC
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Anne Arundel Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. AACC is located in Arnold, Maryland and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 626 associates’s individualized studies degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Individualized Studies at Anne Arundel Community College
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Harford Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Harford Community College is a small school located in Bel Air, Maryland that handed out 191 associates’s individualized studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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Frederick Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in Maryland ranking, coming in at #6. Frederick Community College is a medium-sized school located in Frederick, Maryland that handed out 220 associates’s individualized studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Individualized Studies at Frederick Community College
Wor-Wic Community College ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in Maryland list. Located in Salisbury, Maryland, this small public school handed out 107 degrees to qualified associates’s individualized studies students in 2020-2021.
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Garrett College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in Maryland ranking, coming in at #8. This small school is located in McHenry, Maryland, and it awarded 22 associates’s individualized studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Individualized Studies at Garrett Community College
University of Maryland Global Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in Maryland ranking, coming in at #9. This large school is located in Adelphi, Maryland, and it awarded 2,512 associates’s individualized studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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 Individualized Studies at University of Maryland Global Campus
Allegany College of Maryland came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in Maryland ranking. Located in Cumberland, Maryland, this small public school awarded 86 degrees to qualified associates’s individualized studies students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Individualized Studies at Allegany College of Maryland
Hagerstown Community College ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in Maryland list. Located in Hagerstown, Maryland, this small public school awarded 88 degrees to qualified associates’s individualized studies students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Individualized Studies at Hagerstown Community College
With a ranking of #12, Chesapeake College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in Maryland list. Chesapeake College is a small public school situated in Wye Mills, Maryland. It awarded 25 associates’s individualized studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Individualized Studies at Chesapeake College
College of Southern Maryland came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in Maryland ranking. CSM is located in La Plata, Maryland and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 132 associates’s individualized studies degrees to qualified students.
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Carroll Community College ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major in Maryland list. Located in Westminster, Maryland, this small public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified associates’s individualized studies students in 2020-2021.
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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
- *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.