2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Biology in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 the Plains States Region” 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 the Plains States region, there were 34 environmental biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 environmental biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental biology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent environmental biology programs, but they also cost less that 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.

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Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Biology in the Plains States Region

#1

North Dakota State University - Main Campus

Fargo, North Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$11,589 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Fargo, North Dakota that handed out 2 masters’s environmental microbiology degrees in 2019-2020.

North Dakota State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Environmental Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Dakota State University are $11,589, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Rolla, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$30,943 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized public school situated in Rolla, Missouri. It awarded 2 masters’s environmental microbiology degrees in 2019-2020.

Missouri University of Science and Technology did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Environmental Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Missouri University of Science and Technology are $30,943.

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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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