2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid

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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 New Jersey, there were 59 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $25,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,690 and $39,821 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 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 Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in New Jersey (With Aid)

#1

Kean University

Union, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$22,318 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kean University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid. Kean is a fairly large school located in Union, New Jersey that handed out 13 masters’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.

Kean also made our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Kean University are $22,318, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Biotechnology at Kean

#2

William Paterson University of New Jersey

Wayne, New Jersey

$20,970 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, William Paterson University of New Jersey landed the #2 spot on the list. William Paterson University is a medium-sized school located in Wayne, New Jersey that handed out 7 masters’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.

William Paterson University also took the #0 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at William Paterson University are $20,970, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Biotechnology at William Paterson University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’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.

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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Henk Caspers/Naturalis Biodiversity Center.

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