2022 Best Value Biology Schools for a Doctorate in Utah

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 a Doctorate in Utah” 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 Utah, there were 650 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,450 and $17,683 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general biology programs that also have a lower cost than 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 a Doctorate in Utah

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biology Schools for a Doctorate in Utah.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Biology in Utah

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

#1 in overall quality

$24,695 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biology Schools for a Doctorate in Utah list. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s biology degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

U of U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Utah” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at U of U are $24,695, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Biology at University of Utah

#2

Utah State University

Logan, Utah

#2 in overall quality

$22,598 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Biology Schools for a Doctorate in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the #2 spot on the list. USU is a large school located in Logan, Utah that handed out 1 doctorate’s biology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our utah doctor’s degree biology students list, USU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Utah” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USU are $22,598, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Biology at USU

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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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