2023 Best Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Maryland
It's not easy to decide which nursing program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools and bootcamp that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
The Best Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 9 schools in Maryland to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for nursing students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school us, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.
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Top Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Maryland
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Our analysis found Johns Hopkins University to be the best school for nursing students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Maryland. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, the large private not-for-profit school handed out 7,519 master’s degree awards in 2021-2022.
Master’s Degree recipients from Johns Hopkins accumulate an average of $46,535 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Johns Hopkins. In 2020-2021 about 81% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Towson University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland list. Towson, Maryland is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out master’s degrees to 900 students in 2021-2022.
On average, master’s degree students take out $33,839 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Towson 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 fact, around 51% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Stevenson University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland list. Stevenson is located in Owings Mills, Maryland and has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 204 master’s degrees to qualified students.
Master’s Degree recipients from Stevenson accumulate an average of $37,587 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Stevenson 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. During the 2020-2021 year, about 97% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Out of the 9 schools in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Frostburg State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Frostburg, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out master’s degrees to 225 students in 2021-2022.
By the time they get their master’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $35,563 in student loans.
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. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 100% of graduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Bowie State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland list. Bowie State University is a medium-sized public school located in Bowie, Maryland that handed out 212 master’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Master’s Degree recipients from Bowie State University accumulate an average of $48,997 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
One thing to take note of is that Bowie State University does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 74% of graduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
Salisbury University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for nursing students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Salisbury is located in Salisbury, Maryland and has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 331 master’s degrees to qualified students.
Master’s Degree recipients from Salisbury accumulate an average of $28,474 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Online graduate courses are available at Salisbury, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2020-2021 about 60% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Notre Dame of Maryland University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 275 master’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Master’s Degree recipients from NDMU accumulate an average of $27,115 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
NDMU 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. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 84% of graduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
Coppin State University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland list. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out master’s degrees to 41 students in 2021-2022.
Master’s Degree recipients from Coppin accumulate an average of $52,479 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Online graduate courses are available at Coppin, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2020-2021 year, about 50% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Morgan State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. Morgan State University is a medium-sized public school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 259 master’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Master’s Degree recipients from Morgan State accumulate an average of $36,862 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Morgan State. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 44% took at least some of their classes online.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 9 schools only.
References
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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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