2024 Best Environmental Biology Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

If you're seeking a Master's Degree in environmental biology, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #721 one in the country in terms of popularity.As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Environmental Biology Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 12 master's degrees in environmental biology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to environmental biology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other environmental biology students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized environmental biology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for environmental biology students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Environmental Biology Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Environmental Biology Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Environmental Biology in the Middle Atlantic Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for environmental biology students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Master's in Environmental Microbiology

1

Hood College
Frederick, MD

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Hood College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in environmental biology. Located in the city of Frederick, Hood is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a master’s in environmental biology from Hood College

2

The College at Brockport
Brockport, NY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

1 Annual Graduates

The College at Brockport is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in environmental biology. Located in the fringe town of Brockport, SUNY Brockport is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a master’s in environmental biology from The College at Brockport

Best Environmental Biology Colleges by State

Explore the best environmental biology colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	695	1
Pennsylvania	607	0
Maryland	363	11

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Environmental Biology Related Rankings by Major

Environmental Biology is one of 11 different types of Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Environmental Microbiology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Epidemiology	456
Conservation Biology	30
Ecology	28
Marine Biology	17
Evolutionary Biology	11
Evolutionary Biology	8

Notes and References

• 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.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Ernst Haeckel. More about our data sources and methodologies.