2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Alabama, there were 40 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 31 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,487 and $41,507 respectively.

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 the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $48-$75k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for alabama master’s degree biotech students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (Income $48-$75k) in Alabama

#1

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$19,188 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $48-$75k list. UAB is a public institution located in Birmingham, Alabama. The school has a large population, and it awarded 31 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UAB also made our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Alabama at Birmingham are $19,188, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UAB Biotechnology Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (Income $48-$75k)

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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