2025 Best Environmental Biology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
3Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
123Environmental Microbiology Degrees Awarded
A degree in environmental biology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #599 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Environmental Biology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 123 degrees in environmental biology to qualified students.
The environmental microbiology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Environmental Biology rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for environmental biology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The environmental microbiology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Environmental Biology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region.
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Best Schools for Environmental Biology in the Middle Atlantic Region
The schools below may not offer all types of environmental microbiology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Environmental Microbiology
It is hard to beat East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania if you want to pursue a degree in environmental biology. East Stroudsburg University is a moderately-sized public university located in the fringe town of East Stroudsburg. This university ranks 58th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 16 environmental biology students who graduated with this degree at East Stroudsburg University in the most recent year we have data available.
Monmouth University is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in environmental biology. Monmouth is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of West Long Branch. A Best Colleges rank of #392 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Monmouth is a great university overall.
There were roughly 17 environmental biology students who graduated with this degree at Monmouth in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in environmental biology needs to take a look at Hood College. Hood is a small private not-for-profit college located in the small city of Frederick. This college ranks 29th out of 35 schools for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were about 7 environmental biology students who graduated with this degree at Hood in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The environmental microbiology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Environmental Biology rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for environmental biology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
