2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Population Biology (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Population Biology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 10 people earned their degree in population biology, making the major the 1235th most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 population biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality population biology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the population biology 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Population Biology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Population Biology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Population Biology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Population Biology (With Aid)

#1

University of California - Davis

Davis, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Population Biology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Davis, California, this large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified doctorate’s population biology students in 2019-2020.

UC Davis not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Population Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC Davis are $28,700, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Population Biology at University of California - Davis

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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