2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 246 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 81 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree biotech students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$12,838 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Houston, Texas, this large public school awarded 74 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s biotech students in 2019-2020.

UH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UH is $12,838 for southwest region bachelor’s degree biotech students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Biotechnology at UH

#2

University of Houston - Downtown

Houston, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$6,848 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston - Downtown landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Houston - Downtown is a fairly large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 7 bachelors’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH Downtown, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UH Downtown is $6,848 for southwest region bachelor’s degree biotech students.

Read more about Biotechnology at University of Houston - Downtown

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology

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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