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2022 Best Value Cell Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

5 Ranked Colleges
328 Degrees Awarded
$20,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Cell Biology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences is the 118th most popular major in the country with 6,087 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, cell biology and anatomical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,481 and had an average of $26,633 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 633 cell biology and anatomical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,250 and $20,113 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 328 cell biology and anatomical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Cell Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in cell biology and anatomical sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent cell biology and anatomical sciences 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 cell biology and anatomical sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Cell Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Cell Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences in the Middle Atlantic Region

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Cell Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, John Jay College of Criminal Justice landed the #1 spot on the list. John Jay College of Criminal Justice is a public institution located in New York, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree cell biology students list, John Jay has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend John Jay is $2,532 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Cell Biology students.

Full John Jay College of Criminal Justice Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences Report

#2

Binghamton University

Vestal, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Binghamton University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Cell Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Binghamton University is located in Vestal, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 38 bachelors’s cell biology degrees to qualified students.

Binghamton University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $19,353 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Cell Biology students per year to attend Binghamton University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences at Binghamton University

#3

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Cell Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #3 spot on the list. New Brunswick, New Jersey is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s cell biology degrees to 130 students in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Rutgers University - New Brunswick is $21,654 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Cell Biology students.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Rutgers University - New Brunswick Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences Report

#4

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johns Hopkins University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Cell Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Johns Hopkins University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 124 bachelors’s cell biology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree cell biology students list, Johns Hopkins has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Johns Hopkins University is $29,342 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Cell Biology students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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%.

Read full report on Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences at Johns Hopkins University

#5

Barnard College

New York, New York
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Cell Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Barnard College landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in New York, New York, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s cell biology students in 2019-2020.

Barnard not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Barnard is $28,204 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree cell biology students.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 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 excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences at Barnard College

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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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