by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Military Technologies & Applied Sciences Major in Maryland” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences is the 38th most popular major in the country with 4,477 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, military technologies and applied sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $61,323 and had an average of $20,911 in loans still to pay off.
Across Maryland, there were 129 military technologies and applied sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Military Technologies & Applied Sciences Major in Maryland” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in military technologies and applied sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in military technologies and applied sciences.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland military technologies & applied sciences students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend United States Naval Academy. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Military Technologies & Applied Sciences Major in Maryland list. This small school is located in Annapolis, Maryland, and it awarded 89 ’s military technologies and applied sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johns Hopkins University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on Military Technologies & Applied Sciences Major in Maryland. Johns Hopkins is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 32 ’s military technologies and applied sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #3 for the Schools Highly Focused on Military Technologies & Applied Sciences Major in Maryland. This large school is located in College Park, Maryland, and it awarded 8 ’s military technologies and applied sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%.
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