2022 Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 the New England region, there were 216 marine biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 marine biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree biological oceanography students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Biology in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$25,558 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s biological oceanography students in 2019-2020.

Northeastern also made our “Best Marine Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern University are $25,558, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Marine Biology at Northeastern University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Biology (With Aid)

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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