2022 Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Biological Oceanography Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Marine Biology is the 288th most popular major in the country with 1,914 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Virginia, there were 26 marine biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 marine biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great marine 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 marine biology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 “Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Marine Biology (Income $0-$30k) in Virginia

#1

William & Mary

Williamsburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$34,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend William & Mary. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k list. This medium-sized school is located in Williamsburg, Virginia, and it awarded 9 masters’s biological oceanography degrees in 2019-2020.

William & Mary also took the #1 spot in our “Best Marine Biology Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at William & Mary are $34,800, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Marine Biology at William & Mary

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Marine Biology (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Marine Biology (Income $0-$30k)

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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