2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in the New England Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 an Associate in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 the New England region, there were 358 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,600 and $32,103 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 31 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,753 and $14,559 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in the New England Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in biotechnology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biotechnology programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in the New England Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in the New England Region

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$10,647 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Maine Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in the New England Region list. SMCC is located in South Portland, Maine and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 associates’s biotech degrees to qualified students.

SMCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Biotechnology Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $10,647 for new england region associate degree biotech students per year to attend Southern Maine Community College.

Read more about Biotechnology at SMCC

#2

Holyoke Community College

Holyoke, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$7,718 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Holyoke Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in the New England Region list. Located in Holyoke, Massachusetts, this small public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified associates’s biotech students in 2019-2020.

Holyoke Community College also made our “Best Biotechnology Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Holyoke Community College is $7,718 for new england region associate degree biotech students.

Read more about Biotechnology at Holyoke Community College

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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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