2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 a Doctorate in the New England 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 New England region, there were 358 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,600 and $32,103 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in biotechnology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great biotechnology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the biotechnology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region

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

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in the New England Region

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$50,654 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 6 degrees to qualified doctorate’s biotech students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Harvard, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard are $50,654, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Biotechnology at Harvard

#2

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$55,168 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tufts University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region. Located in Medford, Massachusetts, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s biotech students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tufts, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Tufts University are $55,168.

Read more about Biotechnology at Tufts

#3

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

#2 in overall quality

$60,363 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brown University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region. Brown is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Providence, Rhode Island. It awarded 1 doctorate’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.

Brown also took the #2 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brown University are $60,363, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology

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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