2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Molecular Biology (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Molecular Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,424 people earned their degree in molecular biology, making the major the 366th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 132 molecular biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 30 molecular biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in molecular biology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great molecular biology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the molecular biology 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 Molecular Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Molecular Biology (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

$59,140 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Duke University is a fairly large school located in Durham, North Carolina that handed out 1 masters’s molecular biology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Duke, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Molecular Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duke are $59,140, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Molecular Biology at Duke

#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$20,685 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. East Carolina University is a large school located in Greenville, North Carolina that handed out 5 masters’s molecular biology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree molecular biology students whose families make $48-$75k list, ECU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Molecular Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at East Carolina University are $20,685.

Read more about Molecular Biology at East Carolina University

#3

Lipscomb University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$18,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lipscomb University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Lipscomb University is a small school located in Nashville, Tennessee that handed out 24 masters’s molecular biology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree molecular biology students whose families make $48-$75k list, Lipscomb has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Molecular Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Lipscomb University are $18,000.

Read full report on Molecular Biology at Lipscomb University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Molecular Biology (Income $48-$75k)

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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