2023 Best Value Biotechnology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Biotechnology School for You
Biotechnology is the #172 most popular major in the country with 3,911 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
The Best Value Biotechnology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region 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.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Biotechnology
Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Provo to be the best value school for biotechnology students who want to pursue a degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Provo.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at BYU are $6,120 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, BYU is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Biotechnology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Utah Valley University is a great value for biotechnology students. Located in the city of Orem, UVU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
UVU undergraduate students pay an average of $17,092 in tuition and fees each year.
UVU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Biotechnology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is a great value for biotechnology students. Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CU Anschutz are $26,376 per year.
CU Anschutz also claimed a spot on our Best Biotechnology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Utah. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Biotechnology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at U of U are $28,345 per year.
U of U excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Biotechnology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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The excellent programs at Colorado State University - Fort Collins helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best biotechnology schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.
Colorado State undergraduate students pay an average of $31,470 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that biotech majors at Colorado State take out is $19,500.
Colorado State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Biotechnology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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University of Idaho came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Biotechnology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the distant town of Moscow, U of I is a public school with a fairly large student population.
U of I undergraduate students pay an average of $27,576 in tuition and fees each year.
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Montana State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for biotechnology students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at MSU Bozeman are $28,264 a year.
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Dixie State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Biotechnology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the city of Saint George, Dixie State College is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Dixie State College undergraduate students pay an average of $16,986 in tuition and fees each year.
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Explore the best biotechnology schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Colorado | 15 |
Utah | 63 |
Idaho | 2 |
Montana | 11 |
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Majors Related to Biotech
Biotechnology is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar to Biotech
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 8 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.