2023 Best Value Biotechnology Schools in Rhode Island
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Biotechnology School for You
With 27 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, biotechnology is the #119 most popular major in Rhode Island.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Biotechnology Schools in Rhode Island to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Rhode Island to see which programs offered the best value experiences for biotech students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality in Biotechnology
Our analysis found University of Rhode Island to be the best value school for biotechnology students who want to pursue a degree in Rhode Island. URI is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Kingston.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at URI are $15,332 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Brown University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Biotechnology Schools in Rhode Island list. Located in the midsize city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Brown are $62,304 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Brown is ranked #1 for overall quality for biotech in Rhode Island.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 290 |
| Connecticut | 4 |
| New Hampshire | 19 |
| Maine | 6 |
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Majors Related to Biotech
Biotechnology is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 2 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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.