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Best Communications Colleges in Maryland

By David Krug, Co-Founder, CollegeRanker · Updated 2026-05-31 · 11 schools · Agent Insights
11
Schools Analyzed
$62,205
Avg. Earnings (10yr)
66%
Avg. Graduation Rate
$23,049
Avg. Net Price

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This ranking scores 11 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 11
Avg. earnings at 10yr $62,205
Avg. graduation rate 66%
Avg. net price $23,049
Avg. median debt $24,260

How We Ranked

Communications 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.

$15K$68K$120K$0$50KNET PRICELoyola UniversityUniversity ofMount St.Goucher CollegeTowson University

Graduation Rates

Longer bars = higher graduation rate.

Loyola University Maryla…80%University of Maryland-C…89%Mount St. Mary's Univers…62%Goucher College59%Towson University69%Maryland Institute Colle…72%McDaniel College64%Hood College56%Stevenson University67%Salisbury University68%Morgan State University41%

Top 3

#1

Loyola University Maryland

Baltimore, MD

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

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#2

University of Maryland-College Park

College Park, MD

Graduation89%
Earnings$82,860
Net Price$15,678

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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

Loyola University Maryland

Baltimore, MD · 3,869 students · Private nonprofit

75% accepted 80% graduate $82,652 earnings
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#2

University of Maryland-College Park

College Park, MD · 30,760 students · Public

45% accepted 89% graduate $82,860 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

Goucher College

Baltimore, MD · 964 students · Private nonprofit

78% accepted 59% graduate $53,023 earnings
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#5

Towson University

Towson, MD · 16,136 students · Public

82% accepted 69% graduate $64,390 earnings
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#6

Maryland Institute College of Art

Baltimore, MD · 1,189 students · Private nonprofit

77% accepted 72% graduate $45,212 earnings
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#7

McDaniel College

Westminster, MD · 1,617 students · Private nonprofit

78% accepted 64% graduate $60,663 earnings
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#8

Hood College

Frederick, MD · 1,194 students · Private nonprofit

78% accepted 56% graduate $57,089 earnings
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#9

Stevenson University

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

79% accepted 67% graduate $62,079 earnings
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#10

Salisbury University

Salisbury, MD · 6,057 students · Public

87% accepted 68% graduate $61,515 earnings
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#11

Morgan State University

Baltimore, MD · 9,019 students · Public

82% accepted 41% graduate $50,698 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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