2024 Best Marine Biology Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region
2Colleges in the New England Region
16Master's Degrees
Marine Biology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #387 most popular master's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of marine biology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 16 master's degrees in marine biology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to marine biology students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other marine biology students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized marine biology related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for marine biology students working on their master's degree.
The biological oceanography 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 Marine Biology Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Marine Biology in the New England Region
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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).