2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Doctorate in the New England Region” ranking.

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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree biotech students.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in the New England Region

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$50,654 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harvard University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 6 degrees to qualified doctorate’s biotech students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Harvard, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard are $50,654, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Harvard Biotechnology Report

#2

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$55,168 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tufts University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region list. Tufts is a fairly large school located in Medford, Massachusetts that handed out 2 doctorate’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.

Tufts not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Biotechnology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tufts University are $55,168, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Tufts University Biotechnology Report

#3

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

#2 in overall quality

$60,363 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brown University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region. This medium-sized school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Brown, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brown are $60,363, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Biotechnology at Brown

• Best Value Doctor’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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