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2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in Texas

7 Ranked Colleges
88 Degrees Awarded
$22,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master's in Texas

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in Texas” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Texas, there were 170 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,300 and $23,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 88 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in Texas” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in biotechnology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biotechnology programs that also have a lower cost than 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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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 Texas” list to help you make the college decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in Texas

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

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in Texas

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in Texas list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this medium-sized public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified masters’s biotech students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our texas master’s degree biotech students list, TTUHSC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center are $19,056, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in Texas list. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 10 masters’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech are $17,530, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in Texas list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 19 masters’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M College Station, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” 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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#5 in overall quality

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 Texas. Houston, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s biotech degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH Clear Lake, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. 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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#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in Texas. UTSA is a large public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 7 masters’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.

UTSA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at San Antonio are $25,807.

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#4 in overall quality

The University of Texas at Dallas landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in Texas ranking. 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Dallas, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Dallas are $28,610, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#7

University of St. Thomas

Houston, Texas
#6 in overall quality

University of St. Thomas landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in Texas ranking. Houston, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s biotech degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

UST not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UST are $21,634, 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%.

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.

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