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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Evolutionary Biology

6 Ranked Colleges
24 Degrees Awarded
$41,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Master's

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 166 people earned their degree in evolutionary biology, making the major the 816th most popular in the United States.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 evolutionary biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in evolutionary biology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality evolutionary 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 evolutionary biology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree evolutionary biology students.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Evolutionary Biology

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Master’s. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s evolutionary biology students in 2019-2020.

GWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Evolutionary Biology Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at George Washington University are $31,824.

Read more about Evolutionary Biology at George Washington University

#2

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #2 spot on the list. Amherst, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s evolutionary biology degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Amherst, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Evolutionary Biology Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts Amherst are $32,341.

Read full report on Evolutionary Biology at UMass Amherst

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Master’s. ASU - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 1 masters’s evolutionary biology degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Evolutionary Biology Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Tempe are $27,048, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Evolutionary Biology at Arizona State University - Tempe

#4

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Yale University landed the #4 spot on the list. Yale University is a fairly large school located in New Haven, Connecticut that handed out 8 masters’s evolutionary biology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree evolutionary biology students list, Yale has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Evolutionary Biology Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Yale University are $44,500, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Evolutionary Biology at Yale

#5

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it awarded 3 masters’s evolutionary biology degrees in 2019-2020.

Harvard also made our “Best Evolutionary Biology Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard are $50,654, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Harvard University Evolutionary Biology Report

#6

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
#3 in overall quality

University of Chicago ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Master’s list. UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 8 masters’s evolutionary biology degrees in 2019-2020.

UChicago also took the #3 spot in our “Best Evolutionary Biology Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Chicago are $61,548.

Read full report on Evolutionary Biology at University of Chicago

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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