2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in the New England Region
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 179 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region.
Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in the New England Region
Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Worcester State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s biotech students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Worcester State, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Master’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 Worcester State University are $5,796.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Framingham State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Framingham, Massachusetts, this small public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified masters’s biotech students in 2019-2020.
Framingham State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Framingham State University are $17,280, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network landed the #3 spot on the list. Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is a fairly large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 86 masters’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.
Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network are $24,938, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the #4 spot on the list. Harvard University is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 28 masters’s biotech degrees to qualified students.
Harvard not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard are $50,654, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brandeis University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region. Brandeis University is a medium-sized school located in Waltham, Massachusetts that handed out 13 masters’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Brandeis, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brandeis are $52,060, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Boston University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #6. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 18 masters’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree biotech students list, Boston U has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Biotechnology Master’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 Boston University are $57,666.
Brown University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 14 diplomas to qualified masters’s biotech students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Brown, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brown are $60,363, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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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%.
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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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