Project Management Schools In Maryland
Maryland has is only one accredited project management school where project management faculty who teach project management classes can find employment. The graphs, statistics and analysis below outline the current state and the future direction of academia in project management in the state of Maryland, which encompasses project management training at the project management certificate level.
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Professional Trends
Maryland Vs. National Project Management Employment
| Maryland | 65,490 |
| National | 2,266,370 |
Approximately 3% of the country's project management professionals work in Maryland state.
Employment Growth for Project management professionals In Maryland
| 63,030 | 63,600 | 65,210 | 64,310 | 65,490 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
In Maryland, project management is a growing field. 2,460 more project management professionals were working in Maryland in 2010, than there were in 2006. This represents a 4% growth in the field. This is faster than the trend for project management professionals around the US. Nationally, the number of project management professionals has shrunk by 3% between 2006 and 2010.
Project Management VS. All Professions salaries in Maryland
| $75,623 | $79,158 | $82,097 | $84,004 | $86,214 |
| $47,750 | $50,212 | $51,747 | $52,671 | $54,055 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Light Blue: Project Management
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
As the number of project management professionals is growing, the salaries paid to project management professionals are increasing in Maryland. In 2006 project management professionals made a mean salary of $75,623 per year, and in 2010 they made $86,214 per year.
Salary percentiles for Project management professionals in Maryland
10th percentile |
$51,257 |
25th percentile |
$64,219 |
50th percentile |
$82,824 |
75th percentile |
$102,937 |
90th percentile |
$106,404 |
Thus, there was a 12% growth in project management professionals' salaries. State trends for all professions mirror this growth. There is a 108% pay differential between the highest paid project management professionals and those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket. Thus, there is huge variation in pay, within the field of project management in Maryland.
Average Salaries for Project management professionals and related professions in Maryland
Business Administration |
$93,990 |
Business Management |
$96,439 |
Project Management |
$86,214 |
Small Business |
$120,860 |
Project management professionals in Maryland earn, on average, less than their counterparts in related professions.
Educational Trends
Project Management programs available for each degree type for all schools in Maryland
associate |
0 |
bachelor |
0 |
master |
0 |
doctor |
0 |
Certificate |
1 |
| Total | 1 |
The number of students graduating from the only accredited project management school in Maryland is decreasing.
Thus there was a 100% percent decrease in the number of project management school degree or certificate graduates in Maryland. Most of these graduates, or 100%, earned an undergraduate certificate in project management.