2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (Income $30-$48k) in South Carolina

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 3,585 people earned their degree in biotechnology, making the major the 171st most popular in the United States. 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 South Carolina, there were 5 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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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Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (Income $30-$48k) in South Carolina

#1

Claflin University

Orangeburg, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$12,035 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Claflin University landed the #1 spot on the list. Orangeburg, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s biotech degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Claflin also made our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Claflin University are $12,035.

Read full report on Biotechnology at Claflin University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’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.

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

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