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2022 Best Value Biology Schools for an Associate in Texas

7 Ranked Colleges
1,208 Degrees Awarded
$10,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Biology Schools for an Associate in Texas

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Biology Schools for an Associate in Texas” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 102,043 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, general biology is the 5th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, general biology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,233 and had an average of $23,964 in loans still to pay off.

Across Texas, there were 8,630 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,673 and $21,758 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,208 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biology Schools for an Associate in Texas” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general biology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general biology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general biology 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 Biology Schools for an Associate in Texas

The colleges and universities below are the best for texas associate degree biology students.

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Biology in Texas

#1

El Paso Community College

El Paso, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend El Paso Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Biology Schools for an Associate in Texas. El Paso Community College is located in El Paso, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 138 associates’s biology degrees to qualified students.

El Paso Community College also took the #5 spot in our “Best General Biology Associate Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for El Paso Community College is $4,594 for texas associate degree biology students.

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#2

Blinn College

Brenham, Texas

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Biology Schools for an Associate in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Blinn College landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Brenham, Texas, and it awarded 27 associates’s biology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Blinn College, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Biology Associate Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Blinn College is $15,348 for Texas Associate Degree Biology students.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State Technical College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Biology Schools for an Associate in Texas. Texas State Technical College is a public institution located in Waco, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 88 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

TSTC also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Biology Associate Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas State Technical College is $10,114 for texas associate degree biology students.

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Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Biology Schools for an Associate in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin Community College District landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 68 associates’s biology degrees in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Biology Associate Degree Schools in Texas” list. The estimated yearly cost for Austin Community College District is $6,861 for Texas Associate Degree Biology students.

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#5

San Antonio College

San Antonio, Texas

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Biology Schools for an Associate in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, San Antonio College landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 39 associates’s biology degrees in 2019-2020.

San Antonio College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best General Biology Associate Degree Schools in Texas” list. The estimated yearly cost for San Antonio College is $5,882 for texas associate degree biology students.

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#6

Northwest Vista College

San Antonio, Texas

With a ranking of #6, Northwest Vista College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Biology Schools for an Associate in Texas list. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified associates’s biology students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northwest Vista College, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best General Biology Associate Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Northwest Vista College is $5,413 for Texas Associate Degree Biology students.

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#2 in overall quality

Dallas Baptist University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Biology Schools for an Associate in Texas ranking, coming in at #7. DBU is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 associates’s biology degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at DBU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Biology Associate Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Dallas Baptist University is $26,387 for texas associate degree biology students.

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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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