by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biotech Major in the New England Region” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 3,911 people earned their degree in biotechnology, making the major the 174th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, biotechnology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $52,907 and had an average of $20,555 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 357 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,454 and $23,680 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 32 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,618 and $16,599 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biotech Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in biotechnology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in biotechnology.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region associate degree biotech students.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biotech Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Roxbury Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Roxbury Community College is a small public school situated in Roxbury Crossing, Massachusetts. It awarded 2 associates’s biotech degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Maine Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biotech Major in the New England Region. SMCC is a medium-sized school located in South Portland, Maine that handed out 6 associates’s biotech degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bunker Hill Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biotech Major in the New England Region list. BHCC is a medium-sized school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 9 associates’s biotech degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biotech Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Holyoke Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Holyoke, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s biotech degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Quinsigamond Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biotech Major in the New England Region list. Quinsigamond Community College is a public institution located in Worcester, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Mount Wachusett Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biotech Major in the New England Region ranking. MWCC is a public institution located in Gardner, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Capital Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biotech Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Hartford, Connecticut, this small public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified associates’s biotech students in 2020-2021.
Middlesex Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biotech Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #8. MxCC is a small public school situated in Middletown, Connecticut. It awarded 1 associates’s biotech degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #9, Springfield Technical Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biotech Major in the New England Region list. STCC is a small school located in Springfield, Massachusetts that handed out 2 associates’s biotech degrees in 2020-2021.
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