2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s in New Jersey” 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 New Jersey, there were 59 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $25,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,690 and $39,821 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biotechnology programs that also have a lower cost than 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Master’s in New Jersey”.

In addition to College Factual’s rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in New Jersey

#1

Kean University

Union, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$22,318 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kean University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey. Union, New Jersey is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s biotech degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

Kean not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Kean University are $22,318, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Kean 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.

Credits

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

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