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2022 Best Value Biology Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid

2 Ranked Colleges
8 Degrees Awarded
$38,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Biology Schools for a Master's in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Biology Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

General Biology is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 5th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 102,043 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, general biology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,233 and had an average of $23,964 in loans still to pay off.

Across Rhode Island, there were 494 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,467 and $23,150 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biology Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general biology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general biology 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 general 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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Best Value Biology Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biology Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Biology in Rhode Island (With Aid)

#1

Rhode Island College

Providence, Rhode Island

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Biology Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Rhode Island College landed the #1 spot on the list. RIC is a medium-sized school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 2 masters’s biology degrees in 2019-2020.

RIC also made our “Best General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rhode Island College are $16,884, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Biology at Rhode Island College

#2

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Biology Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 6 masters’s biology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Brown, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Brown University are $60,363.

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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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