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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Mathematics in Maryland

8 Ranked Colleges
570 Degrees Awarded
$22,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Mathematical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in Maryland

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Mathematical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Mathematics is the 27th most popular major in the country with 30,635 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Maryland, there were 669 general mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 570 general mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,371 and $23,982 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Mathematical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general mathematics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general mathematics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general mathematics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Mathematical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Mathematical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Mathematics in Maryland

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Mathematical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland list. UMCP is a large school located in College Park, Maryland that handed out 220 bachelors’s mathematical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UMCP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. It costs about $19,045 for Maryland Bachelor’s Degree Mathematical Sciences students per year to attend UMCP.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Mathematical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - Baltimore County landed the #2 spot on the list. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s mathematical sciences degrees to 94 students in 2019-2020.

UMBC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. It costs about $19,082 for Maryland Bachelor’s Degree Mathematical Sciences students per year to attend UMBC.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

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#3

Towson University

Towson, Maryland
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Towson University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Mathematical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland list. Towson, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s mathematical sciences degrees to 48 students in 2019-2020.

Towson also made our “Best General Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Towson is $18,233 for Maryland Bachelor’s Degree Mathematical Sciences students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#4

Salisbury University

Salisbury, Maryland
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Salisbury University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Mathematical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland. This medium-sized school is located in Salisbury, Maryland, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s mathematical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Salisbury not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best General Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. It costs about $19,617 for maryland bachelor’s degree mathematical sciences students per year to attend Salisbury University.

The low student loan default rate of 3.5% 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 full report on General Mathematics at Salisbury University

#5

St Mary's College of Maryland

St. Mary's City, Maryland
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St Mary’s College of Maryland. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Mathematical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland list. St. Mary’s City, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s mathematical sciences degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maryland bachelor’s degree mathematical sciences students list, SMCM has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best General Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. It costs about $19,369 for Maryland Bachelor’s Degree Mathematical Sciences students per year to attend SMCM.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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#6

Hood College

Frederick, Maryland
#8 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Hood College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Mathematical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland list. Hood College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Frederick, Maryland. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Hood also took the #8 spot in our “Best General Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. It costs about $23,767 for maryland bachelor’s degree mathematical sciences students per year to attend Hood.

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#7

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland
#1 in overall quality

Johns Hopkins University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Mathematical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland ranking. Johns Hopkins University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 95 bachelors’s mathematical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. It costs about $29,342 for Maryland Bachelor’s Degree Mathematical Sciences students per year to attend Johns Hopkins University.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low 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%.

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#8

Washington College

Chestertown, Maryland
#6 in overall quality

Washington College landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Mathematical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland ranking. Located in Chestertown, Maryland, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s mathematical sciences students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Washington College, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best General Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. It costs about $28,638 for Maryland Bachelor’s Degree Mathematical Sciences students per year to attend Washington College.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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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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