2022 Best Value Marine Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Marine Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Marine Sciences is the 738th most popular major in the country with 312 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the New England region, there were 95 marine sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 33 marine sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Marine Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in marine sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent marine sciences 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 marine sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Marine Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree marine sciences students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Marine Sciences in the New England Region

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$28,352 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Marine Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. Orono, Maine is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s marine sciences degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

UMaine also took the #1 spot in our “Best Marine Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maine are $28,352, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Marine Sciences at University of Maine

#2

University of Massachusetts - Boston

Boston, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$36,485 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Marine Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Boston landed the #2 spot on the list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s marine sciences degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

UMass Boston also made our “Best Marine Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts - Boston are $36,485, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Marine Sciences at UMass Boston

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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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