2022 Best Value Computational Biology Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Computational Biology Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 175 people earned their degree in computational biology, making the major the 848th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 58 computational biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 computational biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent computational biology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the computational biology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Computational Biology Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree computational biology students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computational Biology in the New England Region

#1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$56,719 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Computational Biology Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region list. MIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It awarded 4 doctorate’s computational biology degrees in 2019-2020.

MIT also made our “Best Computational Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Massachusetts Institute of Technology are $56,719, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Computational Biology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

#2

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

#2 in overall quality

$60,363 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Computational Biology Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the #2 spot on the list. Brown University is a medium-sized school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 2 doctorate’s computational biology degrees in 2019-2020.

Brown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Computational Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brown University are $60,363, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Computational Biology at Brown University

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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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