2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (Income $75-$110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 107 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree 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.

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 biotechnology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (Income $75-$110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

Brigham Young University - Provo

Provo, Utah

$7,510 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Provo. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Provo, Utah, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified masters’s biotech students in 2019-2020.

BYU also took the #0 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brigham Young University - Provo are $7,510, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full BYU Biotechnology Report

#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

#1 in overall quality

$24,695 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Utah. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, this large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s biotech students in 2019-2020.

U of U also made our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at U of U are $24,695.

Read more about Biotechnology at University of Utah

#3

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

Denver, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$23,915 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is a large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 11 masters’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at CU Anschutz are $23,915, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full CU Anschutz Biotechnology Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (Income $75-$110k)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Henk Caspers/Naturalis Biodiversity Center.

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