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Nurse Corps loan repayment hospitals in Maryland

3 Maryland hospitals of 3 employers hiring on this site are in counties HRSA designates a primary care or mental health shortage area as a whole. A registered nurse working full time at a facility located in a HPSA can apply for HRSA's Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program: 60% of qualifying nursing loans repaid for two years of service, 25% more for a third.

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Employers hiring
60%
Of nursing loans repaid for two years
25% more for a third

Maryland hospitals hiring in shortage counties

Highest HPSA score first. Each employer opens its open jobs.

Hospitals hiring in shortage counties in Maryland
HospitalEmployerPrimary care HPSA scoreMental health HPSA score
Western Maryland Regional Medical CenterCumberland · 4 Medicare starsUPMCNot designated17
Calverthealth Medical CenterPrince Frederick · 5 Medicare starsCalvert Health SystemNot designated14
Atlantic General HospitalBerlin · 3 Medicare starsTidalHealthNot designated12

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Nurse Corps loan repayment hospitals in Maryland: common questions

Which hospitals in Maryland are in Nurse Corps shortage areas?

Of the hospitals hiring on this site, 3 are in Maryland counties HRSA designates a shortage area as a whole, the highest scores first: Western Maryland Regional Medical Center in Cumberland (a mental health HPSA (score 17)), Calverthealth Medical Center in Prince Frederick (a mental health HPSA (score 14)) and Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin (a mental health HPSA (score 12)).

What is Nurse Corps loan repayment, and which hospitals count?

HRSA's Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program repays 60% of a registered nurse's outstanding qualifying nursing education loans over two years of full-time service at a Critical Shortage Facility, and an additional 25% for an optional third year (HRSA; 42 U.S.C. 297n). A Critical Shortage Facility is, in HRSA's words, "a public or private health care facility located in, designated as, or serving a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA)", a primary care or mental health one. Awards are competitive: HRSA gives preference by financial need, the nurse's specialty or type of facility, and the HPSA score.

Which employers run them?

UPMC (1), Calvert Health System (1) and TidalHealth (1). Each opens its open jobs. A nurse applies to HRSA, which decides each award.

Nurse Corps shortage area hospitals in other states

Each state's hospitals hiring in counties HRSA designates a shortage area as a whole.

Sources and method

A hospital is listed when its county, as Medicare records it, is a primary care or mental health HPSA that HRSA designates as a whole county. Shortage areas drawn by census tract or population group, and facilities designated or serving a HPSA, are not placed here, so a Maryland hospital missing here can still count. Every state.

  1. Health Resources and Services Administration, Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program
  2. 42 U.S.C. 297n, Nurse Corps loan repayment
  3. Health Resources and Services Administration, HPSA designations (primary care and mental health), 9 Nov 2026

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Nurse Corps loan repayment hospitals in Maryland. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/nurse-corps-loan-repayment-hospitals/maryland

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