2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,039 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,650 and $39,761 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,944 and $116,843 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent biotechnology programs, but they also cost less that 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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The biotech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree biotech students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Clarkson University

Potsdam, New York

#1 in overall quality

$34,232 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Clarkson University landed the #1 spot on the list. Clarkson University is located in Potsdam, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s biotech degrees to qualified students.

Clarkson also took the #1 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clarkson are $34,232, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Biotechnology at Clarkson University

• Best Value Doctor’s 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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