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2023 Most Popular Online Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland

4 Colleges
$76,049 Avg Salary
$21,479 Avg Student Debt

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.

The Most Popular Online Information Technology Graduate 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 4 schools in Maryland to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for computer science students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online IT graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Maryland.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Maryland Global Campus the most popular online school in Maryland for information technology students working on their graduate certificate. UMGC is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Adelphi.

Of the 149 students majoring in IT at UMGC, 65% are male and 35% are female.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Sans Technology Institute helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best information technology schools in Maryland. Located in the suburb of Bethesda, Sans Technology Institute is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

About 5% of the students majoring in IT at the school are women while 95% are male.

Full Information Technology at Sans Technology Institute Report

#3

Towson University

Towson, MD

Out of the 4 online programs at schools in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Towson University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Towson is a very large public school located in the small city of Towson.

Of the 49 students majoring in IT at Towson, 53% are male and 47% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capitol Technology University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland list. Capitol Tech is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Laurel.

About 20% of the students majoring in IT at the school are women while 80% are male.

Full Information Technology at Capitol Technology University Report

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

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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 4 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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