2022 Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

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 Biological Oceanography Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Marine Biology is the 288th most popular major in the country with 1,914 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 195 marine biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 marine biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in marine biology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great marine biology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the marine biology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

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

#1

Montclair State University

Montclair, New Jersey

#2 in overall quality

$18,972 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montclair State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Montclair, New Jersey is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s biological oceanography degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Montclair State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Marine Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Montclair State University are $18,972, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Marine Biology at Montclair State University

#2

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware

#1 in overall quality

$35,192 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Delaware. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Newark, Delaware is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s biological oceanography degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

UD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Marine Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UD are $35,192, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Marine Biology at UD

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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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