2022 Best Value Marine Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Marine Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Marine Sciences is the 738th most popular major in the country with 312 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 24 marine sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 marine sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent marine sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Marine Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree marine sciences students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Marine Sciences in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, New York

#1 in overall quality

$25,583 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Marine Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Stony Brook University landed the #1 spot on the list. SUNY Stony Brook is a public institution located in Stony Brook, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SUNY Stony Brook did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Marine Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SUNY Stony Brook are $25,583, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Marine Sciences at Stony Brook University

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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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