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2022 Best Value Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

4 Ranked Colleges
197 Degrees Awarded
$7,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Cell/Cellular & Molecular Biology is the 176th most popular major in the country with 4,242 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 336 cell/cellular and molecular biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 197 cell/cellular and molecular biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in cell/cellular and molecular biology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent cell/cellular and molecular biology programs, but they also cost less that 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 cell/cellular and molecular biology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Cell/Cellular & Molecular Biology (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend John Jay College of Criminal Justice. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s cell/cellular and molecular biology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree cell/cellular and molecular biology students whose families make $0-$30k list, John Jay has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Cell/Cellular & Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $771 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree cell/cellular and molecular biology students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Full John Jay College of Criminal Justice Cell/Cellular & Molecular Biology Report

#2

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the #2 spot on the list. Johns Hopkins University is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 124 bachelors’s cell/cellular and molecular biology degrees to qualified students.

Johns Hopkins did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Cell/Cellular & Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $3,526 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree cell/cellular and molecular biology students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Johns Hopkins University.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Johns Hopkins University Cell/Cellular & Molecular Biology Report

#3

Binghamton University

Vestal, New York
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Binghamton University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in Vestal, New York, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s cell/cellular and molecular biology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree cell/cellular and molecular biology students whose families make $0-$30k list, Binghamton University has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Cell/Cellular & Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $12,686 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree cell/cellular and molecular biology students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Binghamton University.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Binghamton University Cell/Cellular & Molecular Biology Report

#4

Barnard College

New York, New York
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Barnard College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in New York, New York, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s cell/cellular and molecular biology students in 2019-2020.

Barnard also took the #3 spot in our “Best Cell/Cellular & Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $12,377 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree cell/cellular and molecular biology students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Barnard.

The low student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Barnard Cell/Cellular & Molecular Biology Report

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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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