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2022 Best Value Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

5 Ranked Colleges
325 Degrees Awarded
$27,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 10,239 people earned their degree in general biomedical sciences, making the major the 91st most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 624 general biomedical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 325 general biomedical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general biomedical sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general biomedical sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general biomedical sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree biomedical sciences students.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Biomedical Sciences in the New England Region

#1

Salem State University

Salem, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Salem State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Salem, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school handed out 49 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general biomedical sciences students in 2019-2020.

Salem State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $18,399 for new england region bachelor’s degree biomedical sciences students per year to attend Salem State University.

Read full report on General Biomedical Sciences at Salem State

#2

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Rhode Island. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. University of Rhode Island is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 45 bachelors’s general biomedical sciences degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at URI, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Rhode Island is $20,607 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Biomedical Sciences students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Rhode Island General Biomedical Sciences Report

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. UNH is a fairly large public school situated in Durham, New Hampshire. It awarded 128 bachelors’s general biomedical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UNH also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is $24,067 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Biomedical Sciences students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.0% 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 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about General Biomedical Sciences at UNH

#4

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New England. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. University of New England is a medium-sized school located in Biddeford, Maine that handed out 61 bachelors’s general biomedical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UNE also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UNE is $34,118 for new england region bachelor’s degree biomedical sciences students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UNE General Biomedical Sciences Report

#5

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, Connecticut
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Quinnipiac University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. Quinnipiac is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Hamden, Connecticut. It awarded 23 bachelors’s general biomedical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Quinnipiac did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Quinnipiac is $41,104 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Biomedical Sciences students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Biomedical Sciences at Quinnipiac

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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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