2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Conservation Biology (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Conservation Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Conservation Biology is the 687th most popular major in the country with 344 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 89 conservation biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 conservation biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great conservation biology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the conservation biology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Conservation Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree conservation biology students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Conservation Biology (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$19,359 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Conservation Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Michigan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Central Michigan is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 masters’s conservation biology degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Central Michigan, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Conservation Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Central Michigan are $19,359, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Conservation Biology (Income $75-$110k)

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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