Baltimore, MD (population: 632,410) has eight history schools within its city limits. Johns Hopkins University, the highest ranked school in the city with a history program, has a total student population of 20,383. It is the 19th highest ranked school in the USA and the highest in the state of Maryland. To learn more about history programs in Baltimore, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of history professors at Johns Hopkins University such as Bob Follet, David Hildebrand, Mark Katz, Elizabeth Tolbert, Piero Weiss, and Susan Weiss.
History students from Baltimore schools who go on to become historians, art history teachers, professor of histories, art history professors, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 21,810 people working as history teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $69,280. Also, Museum technicians and conservators make on average $41,330 per year and there are about 10,170 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Baltimore-Towson area alone, there are 40 employed museum technicians and conservators earning an average salary of $45,190. History teachers in this area earn $86,070/yr and there are 220 employed.
Baltimore lies in Baltimore county, which is one of the 16 counties in Maryland. Overall, the Baltimore-Towson area has 1,259,140 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.2% unemployment rate, $23.40/hr average worker wage, and a $48,670 average annual salary. Thus, about 0.176 out of every 1000 jobs in Baltimore are held by history teachers, and 0.035/1000 are held by museum technicians and conservators.
Of the 8 history schools in Baltimore, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Loyola College in Maryland comes out as the most expensive ($26,122/yr) for history students, with Coppin State University as the lowest, reported at only $7,145/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Baltimore |
| Dundalk | MD | 66,755 | 0 | - | 0 | 6.2 miles |
| Towson | MD | 55,491 | 3 | 39.9767 | 128 | 6.9 miles |
| Linthicum | MD | - | 1 | 23.7302 | 4 | 7.0 miles |
| Catonsville | MD | 43,590 | 0 | - | 0 | 7.5 miles |
| Severn | MD | 47,939 | 0 | - | 0 | 11.9 miles |
| Ellicott City | MD | 73,232 | 0 | - | 0 | 12.0 miles |
| Owings Mills | MD | - | 2 | 12.2029 | 18 | 12.3 miles |
| Arnold | MD | - | 2 | 15.7612 | 101 | 19.4 miles |
| Annapolis | MD | - | 2 | 37.2711 | 28 | 23.1 miles |
| Bowie | MD | 52,071 | 1 | 51.6519 | 53 | 24.5 miles |
| Lanham | MD | - | 1 | 24.0199 | 10 | 26.7 miles |
| Olney | MD | 41,213 | 1 | 14.4703 | 35 | 27.2 miles |
| Adelphi | MD | - | 1 | 12.6602 | 95 | 28.3 miles |
| Aspen Hill | MD | 53,748 | 0 | - | 0 | 29.1 miles |
| Takoma Park | MD | - | 1 | 13.9013 | 66 | 30.8 miles |
| Montgomery Village | MD | 43,313 | 0 | - | 0 | 32.2 miles |
| Rockville | MD | 63,567 | 2 | 20.9627 | 85 | 32.7 miles |
| North Bethesda | MD | 48,357 | 0 | - | 0 | 32.7 miles |
| Capitol Heights | MD | - | 1 | 32.1418 | 6 | 33.1 miles |
| Gaithersburg | MD | 59,755 | 2 | 35.5602 | 8 | 34.5 miles |
| Bethesda | MD | 59,221 | 1 | 7.29955 | 10 | 34.8 miles |
| Germantown | MD | 71,619 | 0 | - | 0 | 35.8 miles |
| Potomac | MD | 42,836 | 0 | - | 0 | 36.7 miles |
| McLean | VA | - | 1 | 24.682 | 8 | 39.6 miles |
| North East | MD | - | 1 | 7.7142 | 47 | 41.3 miles |
| Falls Church | VA | - | 1 | 13.4471 | 18 | 41.7 miles |
| Alexandria | VA | 147,786 | 6 | 19.205 | 130 | 42.0 miles |
| Frederick | MD | 59,727 | 2 | 38.8415 | 121 | 44.2 miles |
| Annandale | VA | 60,438 | 3 | 18.9314 | 107 | 45.8 miles |
| York | PA | - | 10 | 26.4605 | 240 | 46.3 miles |