2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Physical Science in Alabama

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Biological Science Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Biological & Physical Science is the 36th most popular major in the country with 29,162 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, biological and physical science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,647 and had an average of $18,790 in loans still to pay off.

Across Alabama, there were 5 biological and physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 biological and physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,644 and $113,063 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biological and physical science 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 biological and physical science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Biological Science Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Biological Science Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biological Science Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Physical Science in Alabama

#1

University of South Alabama

Mobile, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$16,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Biological Science Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Alabama landed the #1 spot on the list. University of South Alabama is located in Mobile, Alabama and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s biological science degrees to qualified students.

USA also took the #1 spot in our “Best Biological & Physical Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USA are $16,112, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Biological & Physical Science at USA

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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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