2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Molecular Biology
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Molecular Biology is the 366th most popular major in the country with 1,424 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,002 molecular biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 43 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in molecular biology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality molecular biology programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Molecular Biology
Out of the 43 schools in the Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #1 spot on the list. BYU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Provo, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 42 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at BYU, the school also landed the #17 spot in our “Best Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for BYU is $13,322 for bachelor’s degree molecular biology students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Brigham Young University - Provo Molecular Biology Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s list. University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire is located in Eau Claire, Wisconsin and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s molecular biology degrees to qualified students.
UW - Eau Claire not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #21 on our “Best Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $16,020 for bachelor’s degree molecular biology students per year to attend UW - Eau Claire.
Full University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire Molecular Biology Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Hawaii. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Brigham Young University - Hawaii is a private not-for-profit institution located in Laie, Hawaii. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for BYU - H is $14,051 for Bachelor’s Degree Molecular Biology students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wyoming. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s. UW is a fairly large school located in Laramie, Wyoming that handed out 23 bachelors’s molecular biology degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $12,159 for Bachelor’s Degree Molecular Biology students per year to attend University of Wyoming.
The low student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Parkside. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s. University of Wisconsin - Parkside is a small school located in Kenosha, Wisconsin that handed out 7 bachelors’s molecular biology degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for UW - Parkside is $11,327 for Bachelor’s Degree Molecular Biology students.
Full University of Wisconsin - Parkside Molecular Biology Report
Clarion University of Pennsylvania ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Clarion University is located in Clarion, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s molecular biology degrees to qualified students.
The estimated yearly cost for Clarion University is $20,011 for Bachelor’s Degree Molecular Biology students.
University of Kansas landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of Kansas is a public institution located in Lawrence, Kansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
KU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #18 on our “Best Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Kansas is $18,918 for bachelor’s degree molecular biology students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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Central Connecticut State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This fairly large school is located in New Britain, Connecticut, and it awarded 50 bachelors’s molecular biology degrees in 2019-2020.
CCSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #23 on our “Best Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Central Connecticut State University is $16,158 for Bachelor’s Degree Molecular Biology students.
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Washburn University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Washburn University is a medium-sized school located in Topeka, Kansas that handed out 4 bachelors’s molecular biology degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Washburn University is $14,481 for Bachelor’s Degree Molecular Biology students.
Montclair State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #10. Montclair State is a public institution located in Montclair, New Jersey. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Montclair State University is $18,034 for bachelor’s degree molecular biology students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. New Brunswick, New Jersey is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s molecular biology degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.
Rutgers New Brunswick also took the #15 spot in our “Best Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $21,654 for Bachelor’s Degree Molecular Biology students per year to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick.
The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #12 spot on the 2022 Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s molecular biology degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.
ASU - Tempe also made our “Best Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #20. The yearly cost to attend Arizona State University - Tempe is $11,706 for Bachelor’s Degree Molecular Biology students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Plymouth State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #13. Plymouth, New Hampshire is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s molecular biology degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Plymouth State is $19,316 for Bachelor’s Degree Molecular Biology students.
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With a ranking of #14, Ohio Northern University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Ohio Northern University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Ada, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree molecular biology students list, ONU has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Ohio Northern University is $24,072 for bachelor’s degree molecular biology students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #15, University of Idaho did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s list. University of Idaho is a fairly large school located in Moscow, Idaho that handed out 12 bachelors’s molecular biology degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $14,132 for Bachelor’s Degree Molecular Biology students per year to attend U of I.
University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus landed the #16 spot on the 2022 Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This large school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 42 bachelors’s molecular biology degrees in 2019-2020.
Pitt also made our “Best Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #22. It costs about $27,938 for bachelor’s degree molecular biology students per year to attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus.
The low student loan default rate of 3.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
Read more about Molecular Biology at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus
Alverno College ranked #17 on this year’s Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Alverno College is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s molecular biology degrees to qualified students.
It costs about $15,491 for bachelor’s degree molecular biology students per year to attend Alverno College.
The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #18 spot on the 2022 Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of Wisconsin - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 26 bachelors’s molecular biology degrees in 2019-2020.
UW - Madison not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Wisconsin - Madison is $17,708 for Bachelor’s Degree Molecular Biology students.
The low student loan default rate of 0.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
University of Michigan - Flint ranked #19 on this year’s Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s list. University of Michigan - Flint is a public institution located in Flint, Michigan. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend UM Flint is $12,734 for Bachelor’s Degree Molecular Biology students.
Full University of Michigan - Flint Molecular Biology Report
With a ranking of #20, University of Maine did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Orono, Maine is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s molecular biology degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $17,558 for Bachelor’s Degree Molecular Biology students per year to attend UMaine.
The low student loan default rate of 4.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
With a ranking of #21, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 20 degrees to qualified bachelors’s molecular biology students in 2019-2020.
MCPHS University also made our “Best Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #12. The yearly cost to attend Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is $37,712 for bachelor’s degree molecular biology students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Lipscomb University came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 21 degrees to qualified bachelors’s molecular biology students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $24,749 for bachelor’s degree molecular biology students per year to attend Lipscomb University.
The student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Messiah University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #23. This small school is located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s molecular biology degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Messiah is $28,141 for Bachelor’s Degree Molecular Biology students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
The University of Texas at Dallas landed the #24 spot on the 2022 Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Richardson, Texas, this large public school awarded 23 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s molecular biology students in 2019-2020.
UT Dallas did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #24 on our “Best Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $15,232 for bachelor’s degree molecular biology students per year to attend The University of Texas at Dallas.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
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With a ranking of #25, Assumption University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Worcester, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s molecular biology degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Assumption, the school also landed the #16 spot in our “Best Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Assumption University is $28,466 for Bachelor’s Degree Molecular Biology students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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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%.
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- *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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