With all of the options you have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take when you want to pursue a grad degree. College Factual has developed its Best Doctor's Degree Colleges in Maryland ranking as one thing you can use to help make this decision.
Our analysis looked at 13 grad schools in Maryland to determine which ones have the best doctorate degree programs. Our ranking methodology focuses on different objective factors to make this determination of the best grad schools. In the next few paragraphs, we'll talk a little about what we use in our analysis and why.
Better Early-Career Average Salaries
The average early-career salary of those graduating with a doctorate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. While doctorate degree recipients from schools in Maryland earn an average starting salary of $77,541, those from the top 9 school on this list made an average of $82,482.
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Student Loan Borrowing
In addition to average starting salaries, we also consider the average amount of student loans that graduate students take on while pursuing their doctorate degree.
The average debt load at a particular school may not be bad, but it's an important thing to consider in conjunction with post-graduation earnings.
Additional Ranking Factors We Use
Our Best Doctorate Degree Schools considers other factors in addition to average post-graduation earnings and average student debt.
These factors include things like the educational resources, the demand associated with the school, whether or not the school offers online classes, and the student body caliber - just to name a few.
Our analysis found Johns Hopkins University to be the best grad school for doctorate degrees in Maryland in this year’s ranking. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate degrees to 726 students in 2020-2021.
Those who receive a doctorate degree from Johns Hopkins go into careers with an average salary of $76,111 during the early years of their career.
Out of the 13 doctorate degree schools in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #2 spot on the list. College Park, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate degrees to 581 students in 2020-2021.
The average salary of a graduate with a doctorate degree from UMCP is $125,155 during the early years of their career.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Towson University. It ranked #3 on our 2024 Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Maryland list. This fairly large public school is located in Towson, Maryland, and it awarded 30 doctorate degrees in 2020-2021.
During the early years of their career, doctorate degree graduates from Towson make an average of $73,795 a year.
Out of the 13 doctorate degree schools in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - Baltimore County landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, the fairly large public school handed out 89 doctorate degrees in 2020-2021.
The excellent doctorate degree programs at University of Maryland Global Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in Maryland. Located in Adelphi, Maryland, the large public school handed out 54 doctorate degrees in 2020-2021.
Loyola University Maryland did quite well in the 2024 Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Maryland ranking, coming in at #6. Loyola Maryland is located in Baltimore, Maryland and has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 doctorate degrees to qualified graduate students.
Those who receive a doctorate degree from Loyola Maryland go into careers with an average salary of $67,011 during the early years of their career.
Salisbury University did quite well in the 2024 Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Maryland ranking, coming in at #7. Salisbury University is a medium-sized public school located in Salisbury, Maryland that handed out 9 doctorate degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #8, Notre Dame of Maryland University did quite well on the 2024 Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Maryland list. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 60 doctorate degrees in 2020-2021.
Those who receive a doctorate degree from NDMU go into careers with an average salary of $94,827 during the early years of their career.
With a ranking of #9, Hood College did quite well on the 2024 Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Maryland list. Located in Frederick, Maryland, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 7 doctorate degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Baltimore did quite well in the 2024 Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Maryland ranking, coming in at #10. University of Baltimore is a small public school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 227 doctorate degrees in 2020-2021.
Graduates with a doctorate degree from UB make an average of $53,390 per year during the early years of their career.
University of Maryland Eastern Shore landed the #11 spot on the 2024 Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. Located in Princess Anne, Maryland, the small public school awarded 66 diplomas to qualifed doctorate degree students in 2020-2021.
Upon graduation, doctorate degree recipients go on to jobs making an average salary of $89,550 during the early years of their career.
Frostburg State University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. Located in Frostburg, Maryland, the small public school handed out 10 doctorate degrees in 2020-2021.
Those who receive a doctorate degree from Frostburg State go into careers with an average salary of $86,366 during the early years of their career.
With a ranking of #13, Morgan State University did quite well on the 2024 Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Maryland list. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, the medium-sized public school awarded 71 diplomas to qualifed doctorate degree students in 2020-2021.
Those who receive a doctorate degree from Morgan State go into careers with an average salary of $76,137 during the early years of their career.
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%.
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