2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

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 Biotech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Biotechnology is the 171st most popular major in the country with 3,585 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, biotechnology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $50,092 and had an average of $32,815 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 84 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $19,810 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 6 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent biotechnology 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 biotechnology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree biotech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Northern State University

Aberdeen, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$13,133 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. NSU is a small school located in Aberdeen, South Dakota that handed out 6 associates’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.

NSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Biotechnology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $13,133 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Biotech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend NSU.

Read more about Biotechnology at NSU

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (Income $0-$30k)

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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