2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Molecular Biology in the Southeast Region

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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.

For this year’s “Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree molecular biology students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Molecular Biology in the Southeast Region

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$20,685 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Carolina University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Located in Greenville, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified masters’s molecular biology students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ECU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Molecular Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at East Carolina University are $20,685, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Molecular Biology at East Carolina University

#2

Lipscomb University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$18,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Molecular Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lipscomb University landed the #2 spot on the list. Lipscomb University is a small school located in Nashville, Tennessee that handed out 24 masters’s molecular biology degrees in 2019-2020.

Lipscomb did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Molecular Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lipscomb are $18,000, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Lipscomb Molecular Biology Report

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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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