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2023 Best Value Information Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maryland

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$7,909 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$28,009 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Information Technology Undergraduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, information technology students earned 2,370 degrees and certificates from a Maryland school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which computer science 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Computer Science Degree Search has created its Best Value Information Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maryland ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Maryland to see which undergraduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for IT students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Information Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maryland

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for IT majors pursuing a undergraduate certificate.

Best Maryland Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Information Technology

Our analysis found Anne Arundel Community College to be the best value school for information technology students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Maryland. Located in the suburb of Arnold, AACC is a public college with a large student population.

AACC undergraduate students pay an average of $8,900 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, IT graduates from AACC carry an average student debtload of $15,646.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, AACC is ranked #1 for overall quality for IT in Maryland.

Full Information Technology at Anne Arundel Community College Report

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Community College of Baltimore County helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value information technology schools in Maryland. CCBC is a large public school located in the suburb of Baltimore.

CCBC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,918 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

CCBC also took the #3 spot in our Best Information Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maryland rankings.

Read full report on Information Technology at Community College of Baltimore County

Best Value Information Technology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 1,445
New York 1,927
New Jersey 180
District of Columbia 434
Delaware 399

One of 10 majors within the computer science area of study, information technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

IT Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Computer & IS Security 22,829
Network & System Administration/Administrator 5,501
Information Technology Management 4,009
Computer Support Specialist 3,176
System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management/Manager 2,077
Information Technology Project Management 2,076
Web/Multimedia Management & Webmaster 887

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 88,434
Computer Science 59,565
Information Science 18,325
Computer Systems Networking 14,700
Computer Software & Applications 14,336

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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 Craig Dennis.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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