Colleges and Universities

Businesses relocating to Rockville benefit from the region's esteemed colleges and world-renowned universities, which offer opportunities for technology transfer and internships while contributing to the region's labor pool of qualified, talented, and highly skilled professionals.

Maryland's 58 accredited colleges and universities account for a student population of 300,000. Among the leading institutions of higher education is the University System of Maryland, with 13 institutions enrolling 130,000 students, and offering 600 degree programs in business, medicine, computer science, engineering, biological sciences, and other specialized disciplines. Maryland's 18 community colleges, with 23 campuses among them in addition to several learning centers, make the region a hotbed for education, training, and research.

Johns Hopkins University, the University of Phoenix, the Universities at Shady Grove, and Montgomery College can all be found in Rockville, with dozens of other institutions of higher education and research facilities nearby.

K through 12

Montgomery County's public school system is the 17th largest and the 12th fastest growing in the nation, with 92 percent of the students graduating. In 2006, it was named a "gold medal" school system for the eleventh consecutive year by Expansion Management magazine as a measure of the attractiveness of the K through 12 school system to the business community. The Montgomery County public school system was recognized as offering some of the best educational services nationally on top of being recognized for its well-prepared high school graduates and having excellent schools in which employees can enroll their children.

In addition to Montgomery County's highly regarded public school system, private and parochial schools can also be found in and around Rockville.