2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in Rhode Island

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Master’s in Rhode Island” 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 Rhode Island, there were 29 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $39,955 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in Rhode Island

#1

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$60,363 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$61,516 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the #1 spot on the list. Brown is located in Providence, Rhode Island and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 masters’s biotech degrees to qualified students.

Brown also made our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Brown University are $60,363.

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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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