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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

1 Ranked Colleges
4 Degrees Awarded
$25,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Biotechnology is the 171st most popular major in the country with 3,585 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, biotechnology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $50,092 and had an average of $32,815 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,027 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $22,808 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alabama in Huntsville landed the #1 spot on the list. UAH is a public institution located in Huntsville, Alabama. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UAH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Biotechnology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UAH are $25,386.

Read more about Biotechnology at UAH

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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.

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