2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in Maryland

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in Maryland” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 20,841 people earned their degree in general chemistry, making the major the 38th most popular in the United States.

Across Maryland, there were 295 general chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 general chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in Maryland” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general chemistry. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general chemistry 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 chemistry program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in Maryland

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in Maryland.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Chemistry in Maryland

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$30,885 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in Maryland. College Park, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s chemistry degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

UMCP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Chemistry Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMCP are $30,885.

Read full report on General Chemistry at UMCP

#2

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$59,425 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 16 degrees to qualified masters’s chemistry students in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Chemistry Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins University are $59,425, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Chemistry 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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