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Maryland provides outstanding opportunities for education. Among Maryland’s many impressive high schools, Baltimore City College, known as the third oldest public high school in the United States, offers an excellent Advanced Placement class selection and international baccalaureate program. The Baltimore Polytechnic Institute offers college preparatory classes emphasizing the fields of science and engineering. Western High School, also in Baltimore, pioneered women’s public education and continues its legacy today with a liberal arts emphasis. In addition to these excellent public schools, numerous private schools exist, including the Gilman School for boys and Roland Park Country School for girls, among several other private schools.
Maryland contains 14 public colleges and universities, with over 300,000 students, and 16 community colleges. Among these, the University of Maryland, based in College Park, is ranked among the nation’s top 20 research universities, and is the flagship of the University System of Maryland. The University of Maryland, Baltimore is the state’s only public academic health, human services, and law center. The University of Baltimore emphasizes liberal arts, business, and law. Other public universities include Morgan State College and Coppin State University, both in Baltimore.
The Johns Hopkins University provides Maryland with a tremendous resource as its largest employer, and remains one of the most prestigious universities in the world. Johns Hopkins ranks first among the universities in the United States for federal research and development funds. Its School of Medicine ranks first in medical schools receiving extramural awards from the National Institutes of Health, and the Bloomberg School of Public Health ranks first among all public schools in the amount it receives in federal research support.
Roughly 50,000 students attend private colleges and universities in Maryland, such as Goucher College in Baltimore, and Washington College in Chestertown. Additionally, the United States Naval Academy, in Annapolis, provides undergraduate education for the naval service.
The Old Line State benefits greatly from its wealth of excellent schools. The promise of Maryland’s future of fostering education and research seems assured to succeed.
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