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2023 Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland

8 Colleges
$61,137 Avg Salary
$20,697 Avg Student Debt

Out of the majors we analyze each year, education was ranked 5th in Maryland. In fact, 5,361 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Maryland to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Our 2023 rankings named Johns Hopkins University the most popular online school in Maryland for education students working on their graduate certificate. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Baltimore.

Of the 171 students majoring in education at Johns Hopkins, 25% are male and 75% are female.

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#2

Hood College

Frederick, MD

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hood College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland list. Hood is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Frederick.

Women make up 77% of the education majors at the school.

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Out of the 8 online programs at schools in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland Global Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. UMGC is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Adelphi.

Women make up 75% of the education majors at the school.

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Out of the 8 online programs at schools in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - Baltimore County landed the # 4 spot on the list. UMBC is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Baltimore.

About 75% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 25% are male.

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Out of the 8 online programs at schools in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the # 4 spot on the list. UMCP is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of College Park.

Women make up 87% of the education majors at the school.

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#6

Towson University

Towson, MD

Towson University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland ranking. Towson is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Towson.

Of the 50 students majoring in education at Towson, 6% are male and 94% are female.

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#7

Mount St Mary's University

Emmitsburg, MD

With a ranking of #7, Mount St Mary’s University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students working on their online graduate certificate. The Mount is a small private not-for-profit school located in the fringe town of Emmitsburg.

Women make up 75% of the education majors at the school.

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Notre Dame of Maryland University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland ranking. Located in the large city of Baltimore, NDMU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

About 94% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 6% are male.

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Best Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Education Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 5,729
Pennsylvania 12,364
New York 24,330
Delaware 1,352
District of Columbia 930

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Education Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832
Student Counseling 13,858
Instructional Media Design 8,695
Teaching English or French 5,791
Other Education 4,858
Teaching Assistants 2,751
Educational Assessment 2,552
Multilingual Education 1,910
Education Philosophy 737
International Education 293

Majors Similar to Education

Related Major Annual Graduates
Social Sciences 205,984
Psychology 195,678
Communication & Journalism 120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820
History 32,731

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 8 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 Horadrim.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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