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2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
15 Degrees Awarded
$42,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in biotechnology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent biotechnology programs, but they also 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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Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (With Aid)

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

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 For Those Getting Aid 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Biotechnology Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. 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

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Ames, Iowa, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa State, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State University are $25,948.

Read more about Biotechnology at Iowa State

#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alabama in Huntsville landed the #3 spot on the list. UAH is located in Huntsville, Alabama and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s biotech degrees to qualified students.

UAH also took the #6 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UAH are $25,386, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Biotechnology at UAH

#4

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brown University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s biotech degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Brown not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Biotechnology Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Brown are $60,363.

Full Brown Biotechnology Report

#5

Clarkson University

Potsdam, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clarkson University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Potsdam, New York, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.

Clarkson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Biotechnology Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clarkson University are $34,232, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Biotechnology at Clarkson

#6

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

Tufts University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid ranking. Tufts University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Medford, Massachusetts. It awarded 2 doctorate’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.

Tufts also took the #3 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tufts University are $55,168, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Biotechnology at Tufts

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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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