Ranked #13 in popularity, curriculum & instruction is one of the most sought-after master's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Maryland to determine which ones were the best for curriculum & instruction students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 201 master's degrees in curriculum & instruction during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Average Earnings
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to curriculum & instruction students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other curriculum & instruction students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for curriculum & instruction to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized curriculum & instruction related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for curriculum & instruction students working on their master's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Curriculum & Instruction Master's Degree Schools in Maryland list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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University of Maryland - College Park is a great option for students interested in a master's degree in curriculum & instruction. UMCP is a very large public university located in the suburb of College Park.
Students who graduate with their master's from the curriculum program state that they receive average early career wages of $62,213.
Loyola University Maryland is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in curriculum & instruction. Loyola Maryland is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Baltimore.
Those curriculum & instruction students who get their master's degree from Loyola University Maryland make $2,575 more than the typical curriculum graduate.
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).
