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2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Maryland

Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Schools Ranked
$30,060 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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. Also, there are a number of trade schools and bootcamps with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Nursing Degree Search has developed this Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Maryland to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for nursing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

Top Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Maryland

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Salisbury University

Salisbury, Maryland
5 Total Awards
$15,765 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Salisbury University the best value school in Maryland for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Salisbury University is a medium-sized public school located in Salisbury, Maryland that handed out 5 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Salisbury graduate students pay an average of $15,765 in tuition and fees each year.

One thing to take note of is that Salisbury does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 96% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

Salisbury also took the #1 spot in our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland rankings.

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#2

Coppin State University

Baltimore, Maryland
4 Total Awards
$13,212 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Coppin State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Maryland. Coppin is located in Baltimore, Maryland and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Coppin are $13,212 a year.

You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Coppin. In fact, around 36% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

Coppin not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland list.

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#3

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland
102 Total Awards
$61,202 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Johns Hopkins University is a great place for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree who want the most bang for their educational buck. Johns Hopkins is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 102 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Johns Hopkins graduate students pay an average of $61,202 in tuition and fees each year.

Online graduate courses are available at Johns Hopkins, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 85% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

Johns Hopkins also made our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland list, coming in at #2.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 3 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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