2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 a Doctorate in Massachusetts” 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 Massachusetts, there were 295 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,213 and $99,210 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biotechnology programs that also have a lower cost than 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.

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Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in Massachusetts

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$50,654 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts list. Harvard University is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s biotech degrees to qualified students.

Harvard also made our “Best Biotechnology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard are $50,654, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Biotechnology at Harvard University

#2

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$55,168 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tufts University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts. This fairly large school is located in Medford, Massachusetts, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.

Tufts also took the #2 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Tufts are $55,168.

Read more about Biotechnology at Tufts University

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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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