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2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

8 Ranked Colleges
118 Degrees Awarded
$13,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Biotechnology is the 242nd most popular major in the country with 3,585 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,027 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 118 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in biotechnology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biotechnology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the biotechnology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Florida. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Central Florida is a public institution located in Orlando, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCF, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Central Florida is $6,211 for southeast region bachelor’s degree biotech students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Central Florida Biotechnology Report

#2

Florida Gulf Coast University

Fort Myers, Florida
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida Gulf Coast University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. FGCU is a fairly large school located in Fort Myers, Florida that handed out 10 bachelors’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.

FGCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $7,824 for southeast region bachelor’s degree biotech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Florida Gulf Coast University.

Read more about Biotechnology at Florida Gulf Coast University

#3

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Georgia is located in Athens, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s biotech degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UGA, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $7,541 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Biotech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Georgia.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Biotechnology at University of Georgia

#4

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kentucky. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. UK is a large school located in Lexington, Kentucky that handed out 38 bachelors’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.

UK not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $11,848 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Biotech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UK.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Biotechnology at UK

#5

University of North Carolina at Pembroke

Pembroke, North Carolina
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Pembroke. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of North Carolina at Pembroke is located in Pembroke, North Carolina and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s biotech degrees to qualified students.

UNC Pembroke not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UNC Pembroke is $8,282 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Biotech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full University of North Carolina at Pembroke Biotechnology Report

#6

James Madison University

Harrisonburg, Virginia
#1 in overall quality

James Madison University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. James Madison University is located in Harrisonburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s biotech degrees to qualified students.

JMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for James Madison University is $14,196 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Biotech students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full James Madison University Biotechnology Report

#7

Florida Southern College

Lakeland, Florida
#6 in overall quality

Florida Southern College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Lakeland, Florida, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s biotech students in 2019-2020.

Florida Southern also made our “Best Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend Florida Southern is $23,286 for southeast region bachelor’s degree biotech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Biotechnology at Florida Southern

#8

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia
#8 in overall quality

Liberty University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Located in Lynchburg, Virginia, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s biotech students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree biotech students whose families make $0-$30k list, Liberty University has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Liberty University is $27,896 for southeast region bachelor’s degree biotech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Biotechnology at Liberty 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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