2022 Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Master’s in Maryland

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 Biological Oceanography Schools for a Master’s in Maryland” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,914 people earned their degree in marine biology, making the major the 288th most popular in the United States.

Across Maryland, there were 5 marine biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 marine biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent marine biology programs, but they also 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Master’s in Maryland” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Master’s in Maryland

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Marine Biology in Maryland

#1

University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Princess Anne, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$16,978 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland Eastern Shore. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Master’s in Maryland. UMES is a small public school situated in Princess Anne, Maryland. It awarded 2 masters’s biological oceanography degrees in 2019-2020.

UMES did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Marine Biology Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMES are $16,978, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Marine Biology at University of Maryland Eastern Shore

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Marine Biology

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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