2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in Alabama

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 a Doctorate in Alabama” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,585 people earned their degree in biotechnology, making the major the 171st most popular in the United States. 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 Alabama, there were 40 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,644 and $113,063 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biotechnology programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 a Doctorate in Alabama”.

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Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama

The colleges and universities below are the best for alabama doctor’s degree biotech students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in Alabama

#1

University of Alabama in Huntsville

Huntsville, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$25,386 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alabama in Huntsville. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama. University of Alabama in Huntsville is a medium-sized school located in Huntsville, Alabama that handed out 4 doctorate’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.

UAH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Biotechnology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UAH are $25,386.

Read more about Biotechnology at University of Alabama in Huntsville

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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.

Credits

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

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