2023 Best Value General Education Schools in Maryland
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Education School for You
General Education is the #15 most popular major in Maryland with 1,286 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
There are so many 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 that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value General Education Schools in Maryland ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Maryland to see which programs offered the best value experiences for education students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value General Education Schools in Maryland
The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Education Colleges.
Best Maryland Schools for Affordable Quality in General Education
Our 2023 rankings named Goucher College the best value school in Maryland for general education students. Goucher is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.
Goucher undergraduate students pay an average of $48,200 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Salisbury University is a great value for general education students. Salisbury is a medium-sized public school located in the small suburb of Salisbury.
Salisbury undergraduate students pay an average of $10,188 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
The excellent programs at Towson University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general education schools in Maryland. Located in the small city of Towson, Towson is a public school with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Towson are $10,464 per year.
The excellent programs at Frostburg State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best general education schools in Maryland. Located in the small suburb of Frostburg, Frostburg State is a public school with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Frostburg State are $9,594 per year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - Baltimore County. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value General Education Schools in Maryland list. Located in the suburb of Baltimore, UMBC is a public college with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMBC are $12,280 per year.
Notre Dame of Maryland University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Education 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 undergraduate students at NDMU are $39,745 per year.
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Johns Hopkins University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value General Education Schools in Maryland list. Located in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
Johns Hopkins undergraduate students pay an average of $58,720 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Johns Hopkins also took the #1 spot in our Best General Education Schools in Maryland rankings.
Best Value General Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
Explore all the Best Value General Education Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 1,014 |
| New York | 604 |
| New Jersey | 702 |
| District of Columbia | 79 |
| Delaware | 134 |
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Majors Related to Education
One of 14 majors within the area of study, general education has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 110,226 |
| Educational Administration | 46,469 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 43,297 |
| Special Education | 36,792 |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 19,832 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 7 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).
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