2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Conservation Biology (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Conservation Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 344 people earned their degree in conservation biology, making the major the 687th most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 151 conservation biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 41 conservation biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Conservation Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in conservation biology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great conservation biology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the conservation biology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Conservation Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Conservation Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Conservation Biology (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, New York

#1 in overall quality

$51,194 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Conservation Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Columbia is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Columbia, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Conservation Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia University in the City of New York are $51,194.

Read full report on Conservation Biology at Columbia University in the City of New York

#2

Frostburg State University

Frostburg, Maryland

$12,790 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Conservation Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Frostburg State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Frostburg, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s conservation biology degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Frostburg State also took the #0 spot in our “Best Conservation Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Frostburg State University are $12,790.

Read more about Conservation Biology at Frostburg State

#3

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Syracuse, New York

#2 in overall quality

$24,990 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Conservation Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry landed the #3 spot on the list. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry is a small school located in Syracuse, New York that handed out 28 masters’s conservation biology degrees in 2019-2020.

ESF also made our “Best Conservation Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are $24,990, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Conservation Biology (Income $48-$75k)

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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