2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 3,585 people earned their degree in biotechnology, making the major the 242nd most popular in the United States.

Across Massachusetts, there were 295 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,213 and $99,210 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in biotechnology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biotechnology 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 biotechnology 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts doctor’s degree biotech students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in Massachusetts (With Aid)

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$50,654 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.

Harvard did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Biotechnology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard are $50,654, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Biotechnology at Harvard

#2

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$55,168 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tufts University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid list. Medford, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s biotech degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Tufts also made our “Best Biotechnology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tufts are $55,168, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Tufts University Biotechnology Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in the New England Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (With Aid)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Henk Caspers/Naturalis Biodiversity Center.

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