2022 Best Value Biotech Schools in Arizona For Those Getting Aid

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 in Arizona 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 Arizona, there were 8 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the biotechnology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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 in Arizona For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Biotech Schools in Arizona For Those Getting Aid

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

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

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$15,016 Average Net Price

$44,160 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Biotech Schools in Arizona For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 8 ’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Arizona, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Schools in Arizona” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Arizona is $15,016 for Arizona Biotech students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Arizona Biotechnology Report

• Best Value Colleges for Biotechnology in the Southwest Region (With Aid)
• 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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