The main focus area for this major is Marine Biology. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology is a major offered under the biological and biomedical sciences program of study at Northeastern University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in ecology, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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Part-time graduates at Northeastern paid an average of $1,579 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $25,264 | $25,264 |
Fees | $294 | $294 |
Northeastern does not offer an online option for its ecology master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Northeastern Online Learning page.
Women made up around 77.8% of the ecology students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 70.4%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in ecology at Northeastern in 2019-2020, 27.8% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 28%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 2 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 10 |
International Students | 1 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Marine Biology | 18 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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General Biology | 6 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 1 |
Pharmacology & Toxicology | 8 |
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*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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