2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (Income $75-$110k) in the Far Western US Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Far Western US region, there were 339 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,667 and $25,718 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 11 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,689 and $18,419 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great biotechnology programs and 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 an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k”.

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Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (Income $75-$110k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

Portland Community College

Portland, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$12,438 Average Net Price

$47,260 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Portland Community College is a large public school situated in Portland, Oregon. It awarded 11 associates’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.

Portland Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Biotechnology Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Portland Community College is $12,438 for Far Western US Region Associate Degree Biotech students whose families make $75-$110k.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (Income $75-$110k)

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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