2022 Best Value Biotech Schools in Maine For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Biotech Schools in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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 Maine, there were 5 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great biotechnology programs and 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Biotech Schools in Maine For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine biotech students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Biotechnology in Maine (With Aid)

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$10,647 Average Net Price

$34,617 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Maine Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Biotech Schools in Maine For Those Getting Aid. SMCC is a public institution located in South Portland, Maine. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SMCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Biotechnology Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend SMCC is $10,647 for Maine Biotech students with aid.

Read full report on Biotechnology at Southern Maine Community College

• Best Value Colleges for Biotechnology in the New England Region (With Aid)
• Best Value 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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