This article features top engineering colleges in Maryland that offer master and doctoral degrees in the fields of biological engineering, chemical engineering, computer science, materials engineering, mechanical engineering, etc. Please be informed that each school receives national wide rank as the ranking compares all engineering schools in the United States. Some important ranking factors include average GRE scores, alumni surveys, current student interviews, institutional research publications, and peer college assessment. In the following list of best engineering schools in the state of Maryland, you can see tuition cost for both in-state and out-of-state students, acceptable rates and admissions statistics for each top ranked engineering college.
| National Ranking | Maryland Top Engineering Programs |
| 18 | University of Maryland–College Park (Clark) (College Park, MD) Overall acceptance rate: 27.3% Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 767 Tuition: In-state, full-time: $9,450 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $20,358 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 2,259 Research expenditures per faculty member: $776,575 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $179,388,838 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 3.0% |
| 26 | Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) (Baltimore, MD) Overall acceptance rate: 28.3% Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 773 Tuition: Full-time: $42,280 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 3,293 Research expenditures per faculty member: $497,524 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $72,141,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 1.4% |
| 120 | University of Maryland–Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD) Overall acceptance rate: 52.3% Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): N/A Tuition: In-state, full-time: $486 per credit, Out-of-state, full-time: $804 per credit Total graduate engineering enrollment: 479 Research expenditures per faculty member: $200,347 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $11,219,458 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 0.0% |
| 159 | Morgan State University (Mitchell) (Baltimore, MD) Overall acceptance rate: 60.4% Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): N/A Tuition: In-state, full-time: $206 per credit, Out-of-state, full-time: $544 per credit Total graduate engineering enrollment: 102 Research expenditures per faculty member: N/A Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): N/A Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 0.0% |
Maryland Economy
While there is little agricultural land in densely populated Maryland, the state’s farms grow corn, peas, tomatoes, cucumbers, melons, watermelons, and tobacco on some farms in the south. Animal husbandry is well developed, especially dairy. Poultry farming is widespread in southeastern Maryland, and one of the largest broiler producers in the United States, Perdue Farms, is headquartered here.
In the Chesapeake Bay (and on the Atlantic coast of Maryland), fishing and seafood are well developed, primarily blue crabs and oysters.
Maryland is one of the largest centers of education and science in the United States, primarily in the fields of biology and medicine. Founded in the 19th century, the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore is deservedly considered the best hospital in the United States of America, and Johns Hopkins University is one of the best medical research centers in the world. In addition, the federal National Institutes of Health, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Craig Institute and the Human Genome Sciences company and other equally well-known organizations are operating in Maryland.
Tourism is a very important industry in Maryland. The significant diversity of Maryland’s nature, sometimes called “America in Miniature”, attracts hikers to the picturesque Appalachians, water sports fans to the Chesapeake Bay, and those who want to sunbathe on ocean beaches to the Ocean City resort. No less interesting are the historical monuments of the state (including the famous Fort McHenry in Baltimore, whose defense in 1814 inspired Francis Scott Key to compose a poem that became the US anthem).