2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Marine Biology in Maine (With 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 Master’s in Maine 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 Maine, there were 53 marine biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 marine biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,633 and $49,829 respectively.

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

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the marine biology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine master’s degree biological oceanography students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Marine Biology in Maine (With Aid)

#1

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$28,016 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New England landed the #1 spot on the list. University of New England is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Biddeford, Maine. It awarded 2 masters’s biological oceanography degrees in 2019-2020.

UNE also took the #1 spot in our “Best Marine Biology Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNE are $28,016.

Read full report on Marine Biology at UNE

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Marine Biology in the New England Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’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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