2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology in Maine (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Ecology Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology is the 103rd most popular major in the country with 7,312 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, ecology, evolution and systematics biology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,807 and had an average of $31,265 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 67 ecology, evolution and systematics biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,700 and $27,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 ecology, evolution and systematics biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,633 and $49,829 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality ecology, evolution and systematics biology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the ecology, evolution and systematics biology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Ecology Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Ecology Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Ecology, Evolution & Systematics 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 Ecology 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. UNE is a medium-sized school located in Biddeford, Maine that handed out 2 masters’s ecology degrees in 2019-2020.

UNE also took the #1 spot in our “Best Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNE are $28,016, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology at UNE

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology in the New England Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Ecology, Evolution & Systematics 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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