2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in the New England Region (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,585 people earned their degree in biotechnology, making the major the 242nd most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 358 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 31 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,753 and $14,559 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in biotechnology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great biotechnology programs and 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 an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region associate degree biotech students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

Holyoke Community College

Holyoke, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$7,718 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Holyoke Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Holyoke Community College is a small school located in Holyoke, Massachusetts that handed out 4 associates’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region associate degree biotech students with aid list, Holyoke Community College has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Biotechnology Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $7,718 for new england region associate degree biotech students with aid per year to attend Holyoke Community College.

Read more about Biotechnology at Holyoke Community College

#2

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$10,647 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Maine Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. South Portland, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s biotech degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region associate degree biotech students with aid list, SMCC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Biotechnology Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Southern Maine Community College is $10,647 for new england region associate degree biotech students with aid.

Read more about Biotechnology at Southern Maine Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (With Aid)

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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