2023 Best Value Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Biotechnology Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 3,911 people earned a degree or certificate in biotechnology, making the major the #172 most popular in the United States.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 16 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for biotech students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2023 Best Value Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for biotech majors pursuing a graduate certificate.
Top 10 Best Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Mount St Mary’s University the best value school in the United States for biotechnology students working on their graduate certificate. The Mount is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Emmitsburg.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at The Mount are $13,676 per year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Maryland Global Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value biotechnology schools in the United States. UMGC is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Adelphi.
UMGC graduate students pay an average of $12,132 in tuition and fees each year.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means North Carolina State University is a great value for biotechnology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NC State are $29,690 a year. On average, biotech graduates from NC State take out $21,350 in student loans while working on their Graduate Certificate.
In addition to its great value ranking, NC State is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools list.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at California State University - Long Beach helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value biotechnology schools in the United States. Located in the large city of Long Beach, CSULB is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CSULB are $17,784 a year. On average, biotech graduates from CSULB take out $18,477 in student loans while working on their Graduate Certificate.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Los Angeles. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools list. Cal State LA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Cal State LA are $17,723 a year.
With a ranking of #6, Purdue University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for biotechnology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Purdue graduate students pay an average of $28,794 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Purdue also is in the top 10% of our Best Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools ranking.
Kansas State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for biotechnology students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Manhattan, K -State is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at K -State are $23,949 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, K -State is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools list.
University of Alabama at Birmingham did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for biotechnology students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. UAB is a fairly large public school located in the city of Birmingham.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UAB are $19,188 per year.
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Harvard University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Harvard graduate students pay an average of $52,170 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Harvard also did well on our Best Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Ball State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the small city of Muncie, Ball State is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Ball State are $26,600 a year.
Ball State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools list.
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Biotechnology Related Majors for Biotech
One of 14 majors within the area of study, biotechnology has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Biotech
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Biology | 107,165 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 14,535 |
| Neurobiology & Neurosciences | 11,615 |
| Physiology & Pathology Sciences | 8,813 |
| Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology | 7,247 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 16 schools only.
- 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 the rest 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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Henk Caspers/Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
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