2022 Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Middle Atlantic Region” 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 353 molecular biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 101 molecular biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 7 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region.
Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Molecular Biology in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lehigh University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Lehigh is located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s molecular biology degrees to qualified students.
Lehigh also took the #2 spot in our “Best Molecular Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lehigh are $27,130, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - Baltimore County landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Maryland - Baltimore County is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 masters’s molecular biology degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMBC, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Molecular Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMBC are $21,078, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montclair State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Montclair State University is a large public school situated in Montclair, New Jersey. It awarded 8 masters’s molecular biology degrees in 2019-2020.
Montclair State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Molecular Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Montclair State are $18,972.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 25 masters’s molecular biology degrees to qualified students.
GWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Molecular Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Washington University are $31,824, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Drexel University landed the #5 spot on the list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s molecular biology degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.
Drexel also took the #5 spot in our “Best Molecular Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Drexel University are $37,074.
With a ranking of #6, Johns Hopkins University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 17 degrees to qualified masters’s molecular biology students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Johns Hopkins, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Molecular Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins University are $59,425, but some majors have different tuition rates.
With a ranking of #7, Princeton University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Princeton University is located in Princeton, New Jersey and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 29 masters’s molecular biology degrees to qualified students.
Princeton not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Molecular Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Princeton are $56,470, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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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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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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