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2023 Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Maryland

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

10 Colleges
$16,903 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$98,140 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Master's Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, nursing was the most popular one in Maryland. In total, 4,104 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in Maryland.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which nursing program is right 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 that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Nursing Degree Search has created the Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Maryland to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 10 schools in Maryland to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for nursing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Top 10 Best Nursing Master's Degree Schools

#1

Stevenson University

Stevenson, MD

Our 2023 rankings named Stevenson University the best value school in Maryland for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Stevenson is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Stevenson.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Stevenson are $8,340 per year.

Stevenson also took the #3 spot in our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland rankings.

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#2

Towson University

Towson, MD

The excellent master’s degree programs at Towson University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Maryland. Located in the city of Towson, Towson is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Towson are $11,034 per year.

Towson also made our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland list, coming in at #2.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Bowie State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland list. Located in the suburb of Bowie, Bowie State University is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Bowie State University are $10,256 a year.

Bowie State University also made our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland list, coming in at #5.

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#4

Frostburg State University

Frostburg, MD

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Frostburg State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland list. Located in the small suburb of Frostburg, Frostburg State is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Frostburg State are $10,788 per year.

Frostburg State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland list.

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#5

Coppin State University

Baltimore, MD

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Coppin State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland list. Located in the city of Baltimore, Coppin is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Coppin are $7,902 a year.

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#6

Salisbury University

Salisbury, MD

Salisbury University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland list. Salisbury is a medium-sized public school located in the small suburb of Salisbury.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Salisbury are $10,529 per year.

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Morgan State University

Baltimore, MD

Morgan State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Morgan State is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Morgan State graduate students pay an average of $9,657 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #8, University of Maryland - Baltimore did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Baltimore, UMB is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMB are $17,046 per year.

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Notre Dame of Maryland University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. NDMU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Baltimore.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NDMU are $13,711 per year.

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#10

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

With a ranking of #10, Johns Hopkins University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Johns Hopkins are $61,202 per year.

Johns Hopkins also made our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland list, coming in at #1.

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Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 11,477
New York 17,708
New Jersey 5,648
Delaware 1,267
District of Columbia 990

Nursing Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Registered Nursing 266,651
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 16,104
Nursing Administration 9,838
Nursing Practice 7,992
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 5,092
Nursing Science 4,600
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing 2,287
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing 2,021
Nurse Anesthetist 1,936
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing 1,883
Critical Care Nursing 773
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing 563
School Nursing 553
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery 509
Clinical Nurse Leader 444
Clinical Nurse Specialist 419
Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing 331
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing 181
Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing 57
Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing 53
Palliative Care Nursing 14
Forensic Nursing 14

Majors Similar to Nursing

Related Major Annual Graduates
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 10 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle.

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