2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 associate degree level specifically, there were 34 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great biotechnology programs and 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree biotech students.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in the Southeast Region

#1

Miami Dade College

Miami, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$4,842 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Miami Dade College landed the #1 spot on the list. Miami Dade College is a public institution located in Miami, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

MDC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Biotechnology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for MDC is $4,842 for southeast region associate degree biotech students.

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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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