2023 Best Value Physics Schools in Maryland

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

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.

2023 Best Value Physics Schools in Maryland

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Physics Colleges.

Best Maryland Schools for Affordable Quality in Physics

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, MD

109 Degrees

#2 in Quality in Maryland

$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 very large public school located in the suburb of College Park.

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

UMCP not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Physics Schools in Maryland list.

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#2

Towson University

Towson, MD

25 Degrees

#8 in Quality in Maryland

$10,464 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Towson University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Physics Schools in Maryland list. Towson is a very large public school located in the city of Towson.

Towson undergraduate students pay an average of $10,464 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

60 Degrees

#1 in Quality in Maryland

$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 also made our Best Physics Schools in Maryland list, coming in at #1.

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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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