2023 Most Popular Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland
With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.
The Most Popular Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in Maryland to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.
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Most Popular Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland
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Our analysis found McDaniel College to be the most popular school for teaching students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Maryland. Westminster, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 192 students in 2020-2021.
Graduate Certificate recipients from McDaniel accumulate an average of $17,375 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Around 86% of those degree recipients were women.
If you are interested in distance education, McDaniel is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Johns Hopkins University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teaching schools in Maryland. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, the large private not-for-profit school handed out 171 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Graduate Certificate recipients from Johns Hopkins accumulate an average of $19,227 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 75% were women.
One thing to take note of is that Johns Hopkins does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 85% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Maryland - Baltimore County is a great place for teaching students working on their graduate certificate. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 59 students in 2020-2021.
Around 75% of those degree recipients were women.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UMBC does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 97% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll be in good company if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland list. University of Maryland - College Park is a large public school located in College Park, Maryland that handed out 54 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Graduate Certificate recipients from UMCP accumulate an average of $19,566 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 87% were women.
UMCP does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 75% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Towson University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teaching schools in Maryland. This large public school is located in Towson, Maryland, and it awarded 50 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 94% were women.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Towson. During the 2019-2020 year, about 100% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Hood College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for teaching students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Frederick, Maryland, and it awarded 48 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
On average, graduate certificate students take out $16,880 in loans while pursuing their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 77% were women.
Online graduate courses are available at Hood, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 43% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Notre Dame of Maryland University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland list. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 33 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 94% were women.
NDMU does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 61% took at least some of their classes online.
University of Maryland Global Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland list. Located in Adelphi, Maryland, the large public school awarded 32 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 75% were women.
UMGC does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In 2019-2020 about 91% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Goucher College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for teaching students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Goucher College is a small private not-for-profit school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 26 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 92% were women.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Goucher does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 96% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #10, Salisbury University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for teaching students working on their graduate certificate. Located in Salisbury, Maryland, the medium-sized public school awarded 15 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Around 87% of those degree recipients were women.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Salisbury. In 2019-2020 about 96% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Mount St Mary’s University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for teaching students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #11 on the list. Emmitsburg, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 4 students in 2020-2021.
Around 75% of those degree recipients were women.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at The Mount. During the 2019-2020 year, about 48% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Frostburg State University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland ranking. Frostburg, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 67% were women.
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 fact, around 83% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #13, Coppin State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for teaching students working on their graduate certificate.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Coppin. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 36% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #13, Loyola University Maryland did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for teaching students working on their graduate certificate.
Loyola Maryland does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 97% took at least some of their classes online.
Stevenson University ranked #13 on this year’s Most Popular Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland list.
Since the graduate programs at Stevenson are online, the school is an excellent choice for graduate students who need more flexibility than what is offered at some other schools.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 15 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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