2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Biology in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Environmental Biology is the 661st most popular major in the country with 442 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 151 environmental biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 environmental biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in environmental biology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality environmental 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 environmental biology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Biology in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Hood College

Frederick, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$9,070 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 the Middle Atlantic Region list. Hood is a small school located in Frederick, Maryland that handed out 12 masters’s environmental microbiology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Hood, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Environmental Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hood are $9,070, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Environmental Biology at Hood College

#2

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$41,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pennsylvania landed the #2 spot on the list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s environmental microbiology degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UPenn, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Environmental Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Pennsylvania are $41,760, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Environmental Biology at University of Pennsylvania

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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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