2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in the Rocky Mountains Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.

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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 107 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,100 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in biotechnology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent biotechnology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the biotechnology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region master’s degree biotech students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

#1 in overall quality

$24,695 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, this large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s biotech students in 2019-2020.

U of U also took the #1 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Utah are $24,695, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Biotechnology at U of U

#2

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

Denver, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$23,915 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Denver, Colorado, this large public school awarded 11 degrees to qualified masters’s biotech students in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus are $23,915, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full CU Anschutz Biotechnology Report

• Best Value Master’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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