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2023 Best Value General Biology Master's Degree Schools in New Jersey

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$19,237 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,743 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, general biology students earned 3,103 degrees and certificates from a New Jersey school, making the subject the 6th in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value General Biology Master's Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in New Jersey 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey

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

Best New Jersey Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in General Biology

#1

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

Our 2023 rankings named Montclair State University the best value school in New Jersey for general biology students working on their master’s degree. Montclair State is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Montclair.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Montclair State are $13,519 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgian Court University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey list. Georgian Court is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lakewood.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Georgian Court are $17,482 per year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general biology schools in New Jersey. FDU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Teaneck.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at FDU are $10,722 a year.

Full General Biology at Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the small city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Rutgers New Brunswick are $20,495 per year.

Full General Biology at Rutgers University - New Brunswick Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend New Jersey Institute of Technology. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the large city of Newark, NJIT is a public school with a fairly large student population.

NJIT graduate students pay an average of $24,546 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full General Biology at New Jersey Institute of Technology Report

Rutgers University - Newark came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking. Located in the large city of Newark, Rutgers Newark is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Rutgers Newark graduate students pay an average of $20,466 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Rutgers Newark also made our Best General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey list, coming in at #3.

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Rutgers University - Camden landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree general biology programs. Located in the city of Camden, Rutgers Camden is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Rutgers Camden are $20,649 per year.

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#8

Seton Hall University

South Orange, NJ

With a ranking of #8, Seton Hall University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general biology students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of South Orange, Seton Hall is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Seton Hall are $26,018 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Seton Hall is ranked #4 for overall quality for biology in New Jersey.

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Best Value General Biology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value General Biology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

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

General Biology is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

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 8 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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