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Best Biology Colleges in Maryland

By David Krug, Co-Founder, CollegeRanker · Updated 2026-05-31 · 20 schools · Agent Insights
20
Schools Analyzed
$61,348
Avg. Earnings (10yr)
58%
Avg. Graduation Rate
$18,769
Avg. Net Price

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This ranking scores 20 institutions on graduation rates, graduate earnings, debt burdens, and social mobility data from Opportunity Insights. Every data point comes from federal sources. No surveys, no opinions.

Social mobility carries the heaviest weight in our algorithm. We use Raj Chetty's Mobility Report Card — built on 30 million anonymized tax records — to measure whether a college changes a family's economic trajectory across generations. Schools that take low-income students and launch them into higher earnings rank higher than schools that admit wealthy students and take credit for their success.

The transparency penalty matters here. Schools that don't report their data get scored lower than schools that do. If an institution won't show you its numbers, we think you should know that before you write them a tuition check.

Quick Numbers

Schools ranked 20
Avg. earnings at 10yr $61,348
Avg. graduation rate 58%
Avg. net price $18,769
Avg. median debt $23,403

How We Ranked

Biology programs in Maryland ranked by outcomes and program concentration

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Earnings vs. Cost

Each dot is a ranked school. Up = higher earnings. Right = higher cost. Top-left is the best value.

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Graduation Rates

Longer bars = higher graduation rate.

Johns Hopkins University94%Loyola University Maryla…80%Mount St. Mary's Univers…62%University of Maryland-B…70%University of Maryland-C…89%Washington College70%St. Mary's College of Ma…69%Goucher College59%McDaniel College64%Hood College56%Washington Adventist Uni…33%Stevenson University67%Towson University69%Salisbury University68%Frostburg State Universi…51%University of Maryland E…35%Bowie State University38%Morgan State University41%Coppin State University26%Chesapeake College27%

Top 3

#1

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Graduation94%
Earnings$87,555
Net Price$18,809

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#2

Loyola University Maryland

Baltimore, MD

Graduation80%
Earnings$82,652
Net Price$30,574

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#3

Mount St. Mary's University

Emmitsburg, MD

Graduation62%
Earnings$64,072
Net Price$22,655

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Full Rankings

#1

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD · 5,693 students · Private nonprofit

6% accepted 94% graduate $87,555 earnings
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#2

Loyola University Maryland

Baltimore, MD · 3,869 students · Private nonprofit

75% accepted 80% graduate $82,652 earnings
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#3

Mount St. Mary's University

Emmitsburg, MD · 1,768 students · Private nonprofit

74% accepted 62% graduate $64,072 earnings
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#4

University of Maryland-Baltimore County

Baltimore, MD · 10,701 students · Public

72% accepted 70% graduate $69,960 earnings
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#5

University of Maryland-College Park

College Park, MD · 30,760 students · Public

45% accepted 89% graduate $82,860 earnings
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#6

Washington College

Chestertown, MD · 891 students · Private nonprofit

57% accepted 70% graduate $65,518 earnings
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#7

St. Mary's College of Maryland

St. Mary's City, MD · 1,603 students · Public

69% accepted 69% graduate $60,110 earnings
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#8

Goucher College

Baltimore, MD · 964 students · Private nonprofit

78% accepted 59% graduate $53,023 earnings
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#9

McDaniel College

Westminster, MD · 1,617 students · Private nonprofit

78% accepted 64% graduate $60,663 earnings
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#10

Hood College

Frederick, MD · 1,194 students · Private nonprofit

78% accepted 56% graduate $57,089 earnings
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#11

Washington Adventist University

Takoma Park, MD · 452 students · Private nonprofit

46% accepted 33% graduate $64,249 earnings
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#12

Stevenson University

Owings Mills, MD · 3,102 students · Private nonprofit

79% accepted 67% graduate $62,079 earnings
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#13

Towson University

Towson, MD · 16,136 students · Public

82% accepted 69% graduate $64,390 earnings
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#14

Salisbury University

Salisbury, MD · 6,057 students · Public

87% accepted 68% graduate $61,515 earnings
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#15

Frostburg State University

Frostburg, MD · 2,909 students · Public

89% accepted 51% graduate $55,493 earnings
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#16

University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Princess Anne, MD · 2,391 students · Public

96% accepted 35% graduate $47,697 earnings
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#17

Bowie State University

Bowie, MD · 5,043 students · Public

72% accepted 38% graduate $54,537 earnings
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#18

Morgan State University

Baltimore, MD · 9,019 students · Public

82% accepted 41% graduate $50,698 earnings
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#19

Coppin State University

Baltimore, MD · 1,844 students · Public

46% accepted 26% graduate $46,490 earnings
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#20

Chesapeake College

Wye Mills, MD · 1,320 students · Public

27% graduate $36,301 earnings
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Sources & Citations

[1]

U.S. Department of Education. College Scorecard Data. Federal Student Aid, National Center for Education Statistics. →

[2]

National Center for Education Statistics. Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). →

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David Krug

Co-Founder, CollegeRanker

David Krug is the co-founder of CollegeRanker and a data systems architect focused on making institutional research accessible to families. He builds the data pipelines and ranking algorithms that power CollegeRanker, drawing from federal datasets and Raj Chetty's Opportunity Insights research to measure what traditional rankings ignore: whether a college actually changes a family's economic trajectory.

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