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2023 Best Value Ecology & Systematics Biology Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

10 Colleges
$42,873 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$53,630 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Master's Degree School for You

Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology is the #101 most popular major in the country with 7,247 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Ecology & Systematics Biology Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in the New England Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for ecology students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for ecology majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 10 Best Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Master's Degree Schools

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Our analysis found Harvard University to be the best value school for ecology, evolution and systematics biology students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the New England Region . Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Harvard are $52,170 per year.

Harvard also took the #5 spot in our Best Ecology & Systematics Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region rankings.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Massachusetts Amherst is a great value for ecology, evolution and systematics biology students working on their master’s degree. UMass Amherst is a very large public school located in the suburb of Amherst.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMass Amherst are $32,809 a year.

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#3

Brown University

Providence, RI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brown University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Ecology & Systematics Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Brown are $62,083 per year.

Brown also took the #3 spot in our Best Ecology & Systematics Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region rankings.

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#4

Yale University

New Haven, CT

The excellent master’s degree programs at Yale University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value ecology, evolution and systematics biology schools in the New England Region . Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of New Haven.

Yale graduate students pay an average of $45,700 in tuition and fees each year.

Yale did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Ecology & Systematics Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Western Connecticut State University is a great value for ecology, evolution and systematics biology students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Danbury, WestConn is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WestConn are $26,477 per year.

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Northeastern University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Ecology & Systematics Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northeastern are $26,095 per year.

Northeastern also claimed a spot on our Best Ecology & Systematics Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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#7

University of New England

Biddeford, ME

University of New England came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Ecology & Systematics Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the midsize suburb of Biddeford, UNE is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

UNE graduate students pay an average of $29,352 in tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Tufts University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Ecology & Systematics Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Tufts are $55,216 per year.

Tufts excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Ecology & Systematics Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.

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#9

Boston University

Boston, MA

Boston University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Ecology & Systematics Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Boston U are $59,418 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Boston U also did well on our Best Ecology & Systematics Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology at Boston University Report

University of Connecticut did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for ecology, evolution and systematics biology students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. UCONN is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCONN are $42,237 a year.

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Best Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Colleges by State

Explore the best ecology, evolution and systematics biology colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 488
Connecticut 212
New Hampshire 8
Maine 58
Rhode Island 84
Vermont 9

One of 14 majors within the area of study, ecology, evolution and systematics biology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Biology 107,165
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 14,535
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 11,615
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 8,813
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 6,206

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 10 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Ernst Haeckel.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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