2022 Best Value Colleges for Environmental Biology in Maryland (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” 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.

This year’s “Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in environmental biology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great environmental biology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools in Maryland For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Environmental Biology in Maryland (With Aid)

#1

Morgan State University

Baltimore, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$17,619 Average Net Price

$38,686 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools in Maryland For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Morgan State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Morgan State is a public institution located in Baltimore, Maryland. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Morgan State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Environmental Biology Schools in Maryland” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Morgan State University is $17,619 for Maryland Environmental Microbiology students with aid.

Read more about Environmental Biology at Morgan State University

#2

Hood College

Frederick, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$23,767 Average Net Price

$40,486 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hood College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools in Maryland For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Frederick, Maryland, and it awarded 12 ’s environmental microbiology degrees in 2019-2020.

Hood did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Environmental Biology Schools in Maryland” list. It costs about $23,767 for Maryland Environmental Microbiology students with aid per year to attend Hood.

Read full report on Environmental Biology at Hood College

• Best Value Colleges for Environmental Biology in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Colleges for Environmental Biology (With Aid)

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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