2023 Best Value General Biology Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Biology Master's Degree School for You
General Biology is the #33 most popular major in the country with 8,920 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. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value General Biology Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 25 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for biology students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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.
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2023 Best Value General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for biology majors pursuing a master's degree.
Top 10 Best General Biology Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Fitchburg State University to be the best value school for general biology students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the New England Region . Located in the midsize suburb of Fitchburg, Fitchburg State is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Fitchburg State are $6,012 a year.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a great value for general biology students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Worcester, WPI is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WPI are $29,040 per year.
WPI excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Quinnipiac University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Hamden, Quinnipiac is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Quinnipiac are $20,340 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Quinnipiac is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Boston College is a great value for general biology students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Boston College are $32,722 per year.
Boston College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northeastern University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northeastern are $26,095 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Northeastern also did well on our Best General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at MIT are $58,967 per year.
MIT did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.
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Harvard 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. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Harvard are $52,170 a year.
Harvard not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.
With a ranking of #8, Plymouth State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general biology students working on their master’s degree. Plymouth State is a small public school located in the town of Plymouth.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Plymouth State are $16,234 per year.
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University of Massachusetts - Lowell ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. UMass Lowell is a large public school located in the suburb of Lowell.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMass Lowell are $26,990 a year.
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University of Southern Maine came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Southern Maine are $22,968 per year.
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Best General Biology Colleges by State
Explore the best general biology schools for a specific state in the New England region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 457 |
| Connecticut | 113 |
| Rhode Island | 2 |
| New Hampshire | 21 |
| Maine | 8 |
| Vermont | 10 |
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General Biology Related Majors for Biology
General Biology is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related to Biology
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology | 3,221 |
| Physiology & Pathology Sciences | 2,488 |
| Biomathematics & Bioinformatics | 2,290 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 1,964 |
| Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) | 1,922 |
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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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