2022 Best Value Biotech Schools in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid” 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 South Carolina, there were 5 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Biotech Schools in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biotech Schools in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Biotechnology in South Carolina (With Aid)

#1

Claflin University

Orangeburg, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$18,136 Average Net Price

$25,814 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Claflin University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Orangeburg, South Carolina, and it awarded 5 ’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.

Claflin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Biotechnology Schools in South Carolina” list. The estimated yearly cost for Claflin is $18,136 for South Carolina Biotech students with aid.

Read full report on Biotechnology at Claflin University

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• Best Value Colleges for Biotechnology (With Aid)

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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