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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the New England Region

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Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the New England Region

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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 9,274 people earned their degree in environmental science, making the major the 91st most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 1,165 environmental science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 91 environmental science graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,899 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in environmental science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their environmental science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the New England Region”.

Top 7 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Science in the New England Region

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Clark University
Worcester, Massachusetts

Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Clark University landed the #1 spot on the list. Clark University is a small school located in Worcester, Massachusetts that handed out 39 masters’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Environmental Science at Clark

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Unity College
Unity, Maine

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Unity College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the New England Region. Unity, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Environmental Science at Unity College

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Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut

Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Yale University landed the #3 spot on the list. Yale University is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Haven, Connecticut. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 21 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Yale Environmental Science Report

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University of New Haven
West Haven, Connecticut

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Haven. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the New England Region. University of New Haven is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in West Haven, Connecticut. It awarded 8 masters’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full University of New Haven Environmental Science Report

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University of Maine
Orono, Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the New England Region list. UMaine is located in Orono, Maine and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 masters’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Environmental Science at University of Maine

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With a ranking of #6, University of Massachusetts - Boston did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the New England Region list. UMass Boston is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 masters’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees to qualified students.

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University of Rhode Island
Kingston, Rhode Island

University of Rhode Island landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the New England Region ranking. URI is a public institution located in Kingston, Rhode Island. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 27 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full University of Rhode Island Environmental Science Report

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