2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Marine Biology in Massachusetts

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the most popular for marine biology students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 18 master's degrees in marine biology during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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One Size Does Not Fit All

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for marine biology.

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Marine Biology in Massachusetts

Explore the most popular colleges and universities for marine biology students seeking a a master's degree.

Most Well Attended Schools for Biological Oceanography Students Working on Their Master's

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Northeastern University
Boston, MA

18 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Northeastern University if you want to pursue a master's degree in marine biology. Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in marine biology in Massachusetts. More information about a master’s in marine biology from Northeastern University

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University of Massachusetts - Lowell
Lowell, MA

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of Massachusetts - Lowell if you want to pursue a master's degree in marine biology. Located in the suburb of Lowell, UMass Lowell is a public university with a fairly large student population. More information about a master’s in marine biology from University of Massachusetts - Lowell

Best Marine Biology Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Most Popular Marine Biology Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

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Rankings in Majors Related to Biological Oceanography

Marine Biology is one of 11 different types of Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Biological Oceanography

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Ernst Haeckel. More about our data sources and methodologies.