2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 District of Columbia, there were 57 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,500 and $65,488 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 57 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in biotechnology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biotechnology programs that also have a lower cost than 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 a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia master’s degree biotech students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in District of Columbia (With Aid)

#1

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$53,591 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$64,990 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #1 spot on the list. Georgetown University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 46 masters’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgetown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown University are $53,591.

Full Georgetown Biotechnology Report

#2

American University

Washington, District of Columbia

$35,524 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid list. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 5 masters’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at The American University, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at American University are $35,524, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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