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2023 Most Popular Information Science Basic Certificate Schools in Maryland

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Finding the Best Information Science Basic Certificate School for You

Information Science is the most popular major in Maryland with 3,677 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's computer science students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Most Popular Information Science Basic Certificate Schools in Maryland ranking is one of many tools that Computer Science Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 1 schools in Maryland to see which basic certificate programs were the most popular for computer science students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Information Science program at each school on the list.

The following school tops our list of the Most Popular Information Science Basic Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found University of Maryland - Baltimore County to be the most popular school for information science students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Maryland. Located in the large suburb of Baltimore, UMBC is a public school with a large student population.

Of the 41 students majoring in IS at UMBC, 78% are male and 22% are female.

Full Information Science at University of Maryland - Baltimore County Report

Best Information Science Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Information Science Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 1,560
New York 2,210
New Jersey 856
District of Columbia 180
Delaware 32

Information Science is one of 10 different types of computer science programs to choose from.

IS Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
General Information Science 18,325

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 88,434
Computer Science 59,565
Information Technology 40,555
Computer Systems Networking 14,700
Computer Software & Applications 14,336

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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 The Opte Project.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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