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2023 Best Value General Biology Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

57 Colleges
$20,179 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,743 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Biology Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 107,165 general biology students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #5 most popular in the country.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value General Biology Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 57 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for biology students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Biology Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best General Biology Master's Degree Schools

#1

Hood College

Frederick, MD

Our 2023 rankings named Hood College the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for general biology students working on their master’s degree. Hood is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Frederick.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Hood are $9,080 a year.

Hood excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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#2

Salisbury University

Salisbury, MD

Out of the 57 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Salisbury University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small suburb of Salisbury, Salisbury is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Salisbury graduate students pay an average of $15,765 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Montclair State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the suburb of Montclair, Montclair State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Montclair State are $13,519 per year.

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Out of the 57 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania landed the # 4 spot on the list. Ship is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Shippensburg.

Ship graduate students pay an average of $16,830 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on General Biology at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

Out of the 57 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, West Chester University of Pennsylvania landed the # 5 spot on the list. WCUPA is a large public school located in the large suburb of West Chester.

WCUPA graduate students pay an average of $16,758 in tuition and fees each year.

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Delaware State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general biology students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Del State is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Dover.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Del State are $11,726 per year.

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Georgian Court University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general biology students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the small city of Lakewood, Georgian Court is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Georgian Court are $17,482 a year.

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East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree general biology programs. Located in the small city of East Stroudsburg, East Stroudsburg University is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at East Stroudsburg University are $16,728 a year.

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Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general biology students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Bloomsburg is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Bloomsburg.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Bloomsburg are $16,731 a year.

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#10

University of Delaware

Newark, DE

University of Delaware did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general biology students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Newark, UD is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UD are $18,128 per year.

UD also claimed a spot on our Best General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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Best General Biology Colleges by State

Explore the best general biology schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 4,681
New York 7,502
Maryland 1,848
New Jersey 3,103
District of Columbia 478
Delaware 279

One of 14 majors within the area of study, general biology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 14,535
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 11,615
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 8,813
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 7,247
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 6,206

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 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).

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