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2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the Far Western US region, there were 339 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 160 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in biotechnology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent biotechnology programs, but they also cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree biotech students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. UC Davis is a public institution located in Davis, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 56 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Davis also took the #1 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of California - Davis is $13,578 for far western us region bachelor’s degree biotech students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%.

Full University of California - Davis Biotechnology Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - San Marcos. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in San Marcos, California, this fairly large public school awarded 30 degrees to qualified bachelors’s biotech students in 2019-2020.

CSUSM also took the #3 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend California State University - San Marcos is $14,582 for far western us region bachelor’s degree biotech students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.

Read more about Biotechnology at California State University - San Marcos

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Pomona, California, and it awarded 41 bachelors’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.

Cal Poly Pomona also took the #2 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $14,012 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Biotech students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Cal Poly Pomona.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. 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%.

Read full report on Biotechnology at California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Reno landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Nevada - Reno is a large public school situated in Reno, Nevada. It awarded 11 bachelors’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.

UNR also took the #5 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Nevada - Reno is $14,947 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Biotech students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Biotechnology at UNR

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Hawaii at Manoa is a public institution located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UH Manoa also made our “Best Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for University of Hawaii at Manoa is $15,372 for far western us region bachelor’s degree biotech students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Biotechnology at University of Hawaii at Manoa

#6

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon
#4 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Oregon State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Corvallis, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s biotech degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

Oregon State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. It costs about $20,346 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Biotech students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Oregon State University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Oregon State University Biotechnology 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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