2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in the New England Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 an Associate in the New England Region” 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 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” 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the biotechnology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The biotech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in the New England Region”.

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Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in the New England Region.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in the New England Region

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$10,647 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Maine Community College landed the #1 spot on the 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.

SMCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Biotechnology Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend SMCC is $10,647 for New England Region Associate Degree Biotech students.

Full SMCC Biotechnology Report

#2

Holyoke Community College

Holyoke, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$7,718 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Holyoke Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in the New England Region. Holyoke Community College is a small school located in Holyoke, Massachusetts that handed out 4 associates’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.

Holyoke Community College also made our “Best Biotechnology Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Holyoke Community College is $7,718 for New England Region Associate Degree Biotech students.

Read more about Biotechnology at Holyoke Community College

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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.

Credits

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

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