2024 Best Environmental Biology Schools in the New England Region
4Colleges in the New England Region
9Environmental Microbiology Degrees Awarded
A degree in environmental biology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #599 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of environmental biology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 9 degrees in environmental biology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of environmental biology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for environmental biology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Environmental Biology Schools in the New England Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Environmental Biology in the New England Region
The schools below may not offer all types of environmental microbiology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top New England Region Schools in Environmental Microbiology
Dartmouth College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in environmental biology. Located in the town of Hanover, Dartmouth is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #25 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Dartmouth is a great college overall.
There were about 2 environmental biology students who graduated with this degree at Dartmouth in the most recent data year.
Providence College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in environmental biology. Providence is a small private not-for-profit college located in the midsize city of Providence. A Best Colleges rank of #120 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Providence is a great college overall.
There were about 3 environmental biology students who graduated with this degree at Providence in the most recent year we have data available.
Unity College is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in environmental biology. Located in the rural area of New Gloucester, Unity is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 8th out of 19 schools for overall quality in the state of Maine.More information about a degree in environmental biology from Unity College
Plymouth State University is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in environmental biology. Plymouth State is a small public university located in the town of Plymouth. This university ranks 11th out of 17 schools for overall quality in the state of New Hampshire.
There were roughly 3 environmental biology students who graduated with this degree at Plymouth State in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
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Your choice of environmental biology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for environmental biology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
