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Best Value Physics Schools in Maryland

2023 Best Value Physics Schools in Maryland

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$10,710 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,534 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Physics School for You

With 288 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, physics is the #59 most popular major in Maryland.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which 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.

The Best Value Physics Schools in Maryland ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in Maryland to see which ones offered the best value programs for physics 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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best Maryland Schools for Affordable Quality in Physics

$10,955 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Maryland - College Park the best value school in Maryland for physics students. UMCP is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of College Park.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UMCP are $10,955 a year. Physics majors at UMCP take out an average of $18,098 in student loans while working on their egree.

UMCP also took the #2 spot in our Best Physics Schools in Maryland rankings.

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#2

Towson University

Towson, MD
$10,464 Average Tuition & Fees

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 Value Physics Schools in Maryland list. Towson is a very large public school located in the city of Towson.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Towson are $10,464 per year.

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#3

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD
$58,720 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Johns Hopkins University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Physics Schools in Maryland list. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Johns Hopkins are $58,720 per year.

Johns Hopkins not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Physics Schools in Maryland list.

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Best Value Physics Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Physics Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 638
New York 1,121
New Jersey 272
District of Columbia 79
Delaware 37

One of 8 majors within the area of study, physics has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Physics

Related Major Annual Graduates
Chemistry 21,239
Geological & Earth Sciences 7,821
General Physical Sciences 3,823
Astronomy & Astrophysics 1,375
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 1,140

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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 A. T. Service.

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