2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in Oregon

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 for an Associate in Oregon” 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 Oregon, there were 52 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 11 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 for an Associate in Oregon

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in Oregon.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in Oregon

#1

Portland Community College

Portland, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$8,914 Average Net Price

$47,260 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Portland Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in Oregon list. Located in Portland, Oregon, this large public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified associates’s biotech students in 2019-2020.

Portland Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Biotechnology Associate Degree Schools in Oregon” list. The yearly cost to attend Portland Community College is $8,914 for oregon associate degree biotech students.

Full Portland Community College Biotechnology Report

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

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