2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,585 people earned their degree in biotechnology, making the major the 171st most popular in the United States. 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,039 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,650 and $39,761 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,944 and $116,843 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great biotechnology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the biotechnology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Clarkson University

Potsdam, New York

#1 in overall quality

$34,232 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Clarkson University landed the #1 spot on the list. Clarkson University is a small school located in Potsdam, New York that handed out 1 doctorate’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.

Clarkson also made our “Best Biotechnology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Clarkson University are $34,232.

Full Clarkson University Biotechnology Report

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

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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