2022 Best Value Conservation Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Conservation Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking.

Conservation Biology is the 687th most popular major in the country with 344 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 37 conservation biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 conservation biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Conservation Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in conservation biology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality conservation biology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the conservation biology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Conservation Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree conservation biology students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Conservation Biology in the Southeast Region

#1

University of West Alabama

Livingston, Alabama

#2 in overall quality

$13,546 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of West Alabama. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Conservation Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. University of West Alabama is a medium-sized school located in Livingston, Alabama that handed out 6 masters’s conservation biology degrees in 2019-2020.

University of West Alabama did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Conservation Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of West Alabama are $13,546, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Conservation Biology at University of West Alabama

#2

University of South Florida - Main Campus

Tampa, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$21,126 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Conservation Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. University of South Florida - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Tampa, Florida. It awarded 7 masters’s conservation biology degrees in 2019-2020.

USF Tampa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Conservation Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Florida - Main Campus are $21,126, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Conservation Biology at USF Tampa

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Conservation Biology

Notes and References

References

• 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 our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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