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Best Psychology Colleges in Maryland

By David Krug, Co-Founder, CollegeRanker · Updated 2026-05-31 · 20 schools · Agent Insights
20
Schools Analyzed
$61,486
Avg. Earnings (10yr)
56%
Avg. Graduation Rate
$19,370
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 $61,486
Avg. graduation rate 56%
Avg. net price $19,370
Avg. median debt $23,933

How We Ranked

Psychology 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 UniversityGoucher CollegeUniversity ofMount St.University of

Graduation Rates

Longer bars = higher graduation rate.

Loyola University Maryla…80%Goucher College59%University of Maryland-B…70%Mount St. Mary's Univers…62%University of Maryland-C…89%Washington College70%St. Mary's College of Ma…69%McDaniel College64%Towson University69%Hood College56%Washington Adventist Uni…33%Stevenson University67%Salisbury University68%University of Baltimore43%Frostburg State Universi…51%Bowie State University38%Morgan State University41%Coppin State University26%University of Maryland E…35%University of Maryland G…31%

Top 3

#1

Loyola University Maryland

Baltimore, MD

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

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#2

Goucher College

Baltimore, MD

Graduation59%
Earnings$53,023
Net Price$22,470

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#3

University of Maryland-Baltimore County

Baltimore, MD

Graduation70%
Earnings$69,960
Net Price$16,467

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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

Goucher College

Baltimore, MD · 964 students · Private nonprofit

78% accepted 59% graduate $53,023 earnings
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#3

University of Maryland-Baltimore County

Baltimore, MD · 10,701 students · Public

72% accepted 70% graduate $69,960 earnings
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#4

Mount St. Mary's University

Emmitsburg, MD · 1,768 students · Private nonprofit

74% accepted 62% graduate $64,072 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

McDaniel College

Westminster, MD · 1,617 students · Private nonprofit

78% accepted 64% graduate $60,663 earnings
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#9

Towson University

Towson, MD · 16,136 students · Public

82% accepted 69% graduate $64,390 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

Salisbury University

Salisbury, MD · 6,057 students · Public

87% accepted 68% graduate $61,515 earnings
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#14

University of Baltimore

Baltimore, MD · 1,133 students · Public

79% accepted 43% graduate $61,335 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

Bowie State University

Bowie, MD · 5,043 students · Public

72% accepted 38% graduate $54,537 earnings
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#17

Morgan State University

Baltimore, MD · 9,019 students · Public

82% accepted 41% graduate $50,698 earnings
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#18

Coppin State University

Baltimore, MD · 1,844 students · Public

46% accepted 26% graduate $46,490 earnings
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#19

University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Princess Anne, MD · 2,391 students · Public

96% accepted 35% graduate $47,697 earnings
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#20

University of Maryland Global Campus

Adelphi, MD · 49,664 students · Public

31% graduate $65,287 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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