2023 Best Value Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Maryland
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
There are so many teaching programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Value Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Maryland to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Maryland to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for teaching students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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Top Value Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Maryland
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Our 2023 rankings named Towson University the best value school in Maryland for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in Towson, Maryland, the large public school handed out 1 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Towson are $19,890 per year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Towson does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 100% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Towson also took the #3 spot in our Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland rankings.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Salisbury University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland list. Salisbury is a public institution located in Salisbury, Maryland. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Salisbury are $15,765 per year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Salisbury. During the 2019-2020 year, about 96% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Salisbury also took the #4 spot in our Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland rankings.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Maryland - College Park helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teaching schools in Maryland. UMCP is a large public school situated in College Park, Maryland. It awarded 41 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UMCP graduate students pay an average of $35,755 in tuition and fees each year.
Online graduate courses are available at UMCP, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 75% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
UMCP also made our Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland list, coming in at #2.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Frostburg State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland list. This small public school is located in Frostburg, Maryland, and it awarded 10 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Frostburg State are $13,092 per year.
Online graduate courses are available at Frostburg State, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 83% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Morgan State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teaching schools in Maryland. Morgan State is a medium-sized public school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 31 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Morgan State are $17,559 a year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Morgan State. In fact, around 40% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Notre Dame of Maryland University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NDMU are $13,711 per year.
Online graduate courses are available at NDMU, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 61% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, NDMU is ranked #5 for overall quality in Maryland.
Johns Hopkins University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree teaching programs. Johns Hopkins is located in Baltimore, Maryland and has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 48 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Johns Hopkins are $61,202 per year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Johns Hopkins. In fact, around 85% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Johns Hopkins also made our Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland list, coming in at #1.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.
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%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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