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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Biology (Income $30-$48k) in Maryland

1 Ranked Colleges
12 Degrees Awarded
$9,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Master's in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 442 people earned their degree in environmental biology, making the major the 661st most popular in the United States.

Across Maryland, there were 16 environmental biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 environmental biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality environmental biology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the environmental biology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The environmental microbiology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k”.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Biology (Income $30-$48k) in Maryland

#1

Hood College

Frederick, Maryland
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hood College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Frederick, Maryland, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified masters’s environmental microbiology students in 2019-2020.

Hood also made our “Best Environmental Biology Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hood College are $9,070, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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