2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest 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 Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 Southwest region, there were 246 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,300 and $23,000 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 14 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent biotechnology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the biotechnology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Central New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$3,626 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Central New Mexico Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 1 associates’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.

CNM also took the #1 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Central New Mexico Community College is $3,626 for southwest region associate degree biotech students whose families make $30-$48k.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (Income $30-$48k)

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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