Maryland contains 23 schools that offer information assurance programs. Johns Hopkins University, the highest-ranking information assurance school in MD, has a total student population of 20,383 and is the 19th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 23 information assurance schools in Maryland, only 7 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Phoenix-Maryland Campus comes out as the most expensive ($26,492/yr), with Prince George's Community College as the lowest recorded at only $3,203/yr.
Information Assurance students from Maryland schools who go on to become information assurance specialists, computer security specialists, database administrators, computer and information scientists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 26,130 people working as computer and information scientists, research alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $105,370. Also, Medical records and health information technicians make on average $33,880 per year and there are about 170,580 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Maryland alone, there are 2,580 employed medical records and health information technicians earning an average yearly salary of $39,330. Computer and information scientists, research in this state earn $108,610/yr and there are 1,730 employed.
Also, within the information assurance schools in Maryland, the average student population is 3,835 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from information assurance, there are 2792 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 3,442 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $6,052, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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