2025 Best Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Maryland

Ranked #2 in popularity, nursing is one of the most sought-after master's degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 5 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 633 master's degrees in nursing during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Nursing School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of nursing for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

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 take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to nursing students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other nursing students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• 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 nursing 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 nursing related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Nursing Schools

The nursing school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Maryland.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Nursing in Maryland

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for nursing students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Maryland Schools for a Master's in Nursing

1

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

326 Annual Graduates

$84,697 Median Starting Salary

Johns Hopkins University is a wonderful decision for students interested in a master's degree in nursing. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.

Soon after graduating, nursing master's recipients generally make around $84,697 in the first five years of their career.

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

2

University of Maryland - Baltimore
Baltimore, MD

195 Annual Graduates

$85,488 Median Starting Salary

University of Maryland - Baltimore is a wonderful option for individuals pursuing a master's degree in nursing. UMB is a moderately-sized public university located in the large city of Baltimore.

After graduating, nursing master's recipients generally earn around $85,488 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a master’s in nursing from University of Maryland - Baltimore

3

Frostburg State University
Frostburg, MD

34 Annual Graduates

Frostburg State University is a wonderful option for students interested in a master's degree in nursing. Located in the town of Frostburg, Frostburg State is a public university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in nursing from Frostburg State University

4

Stevenson University
Owings Mills, MD

48 Annual Graduates

$103,437 Median Starting Salary

Stevenson University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in nursing. Located in the large suburb of Owings Mills, Stevenson is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Nursing master's degree recipients from Stevenson University earn a boost of approximately $9,162 above the typical earnings of nursing graduates.

More information about a master’s in nursing from Stevenson University

5

Coppin State University
Baltimore, MD

14 Annual Graduates

$92,743 Median Starting Salary

Located in the city of Baltimore, Coppin is a public university with a small student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the nursing program report average early career earnings of $92,743.

More information about a master’s in nursing from Coppin State University

Best Nursing Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Nursing Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	261	2,540
Pennsylvania	248	2,051
New Jersey	188	445
District of Columbia	154	448
Delaware	109	129

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Rankings in Majors Related to Nursing

One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Nursing Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Registered Nursing	601
Nursing Science	18
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing	14

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Public Health	712
Health & Medical Administrative Services	447
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	281
Mental & Social Health Services	207
Allied Health Professions	149
Communication Sciences	118
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	62
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	57
Alternative Medicine & Systems	29
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies	27

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 Aleksahgabrielle. More about our data sources and methodologies.