2025 Best Information Technology Master's Degree Schools in Maryland

Ranked #26 in popularity, information technology is one of the most sought-after master's degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Information Technology Master's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,090 master's degrees in information technology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Information Technology School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of information technology for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality it program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on information technology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of information technology students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt information technology students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized information technology related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for information technology students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Information Technology Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Information Technology Master's Degree Schools in Maryland list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Information Technology in Maryland

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in information technology.

Top Maryland Schools for a Master's in IT

1

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

89 Annual Graduates

$119,420 Median Starting Salary

Johns Hopkins University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in information technology. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Master's recipients from the information technology program at Johns Hopkins University make $16,315 above the standard college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.

More information about a master’s in information technology from Johns Hopkins University

2

University of Maryland Global Campus
Adelphi, MD

861 Annual Graduates

$101,556 Median Starting Salary

University of Maryland Global Campus is a good decision for students pursuing a master's degree in information technology. Located in the large suburb of Adelphi, UMGC is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the it program report average early career wages of $101,556.

More information about a master’s in information technology from University of Maryland Global Campus

3

Capitol Technology University
Laurel, MD

35 Annual Graduates

$104,008 Median Starting Salary

Capitol Technology University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in information technology. Located in the large suburb of Laurel, Capitol Tech is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly small student population.

After graduating, it master's recipients typically make an average of $104,008 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a master’s in information technology from Capitol Technology University

Best Information Technology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	261	859
Pennsylvania	248	341
New Jersey	188	44
District of Columbia	154	294
Delaware	109	234

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Rankings in Majors Related to IT

One of 10 majors within the Computer & Information Sciences area of study, Information Technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

IT Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Computer & IS Security	1,084
Information Technology Management	6

Most Popular Majors Related to IT

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Information Science	665
Computer Information Systems	562
Computer Science	311
Computer Systems Networking	45
Computer Software & Applications	11

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 Craig Dennis. More about our data sources and methodologies.