2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in the Southwest Region
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest 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 Southwest region, there were 246 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,300 and $23,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 96 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in biotechnology. 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region.
Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 10 masters’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree biotech students list, Texas Tech has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech are $17,530.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 6 masters’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.
TTUHSC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at TTUHSC are $19,056.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. Texas A&M College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 masters’s biotech degrees to qualified students.
Texas A&M College Station also took the #3 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston - Clear Lake. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. UH Clear Lake is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UH Clear Lake not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Houston - Clear Lake are $19,216, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of St. Thomas. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. UST is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 7 masters’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree biotech students list, UST has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of St. Thomas are $21,634, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
With a ranking of #6, The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas at San Antonio is a public institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UTSA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at San Antonio are $25,807, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. UT Dallas is a public institution located in Richardson, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree biotech students list, UT Dallas has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Dallas are $28,610, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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University of Arizona came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s biotech degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.
University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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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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