2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in the Plains States Region
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Plains States region, there were 84 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $19,810 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 6 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great biotechnology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the biotechnology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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The biotech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region”.
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Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region.
Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in the Plains States Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Aberdeen, South Dakota, this small public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified associates’s biotech students in 2019-2020.
NSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Biotechnology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $15,851 for plains states region associate degree biotech students per year to attend Northern State University.
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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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