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2023 Best Value General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$36,867 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$14,657 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Biology Graduate Certificate School for You

With 107,165 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general biology is the #5 most popular major in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for biology students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for biology majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in General Biology

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Our analysis found Harvard University to be the best value school for general biology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the New England Region . Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

Harvard graduate students pay an average of $52,170 in tuition and fees each year.

Harvard also took the #1 spot in our Best General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region rankings.

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Out of the 4 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Lowell landed the # 2 spot on the list. UMass Lowell is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Lowell.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Lowell are $26,990 per year.

Full General Biology at University of Massachusetts - Lowell Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Central Connecticut State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general biology schools in the New England Region . CCSU is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of New Britain.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CCSU are $26,072 per year.

Read full report on General Biology at Central Connecticut State University

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Connecticut is a great value for general biology students working on their graduate certificate. UCONN is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Storrs.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCONN are $42,237 a year.

Read full report on General Biology at University of Connecticut

Best General Biology Colleges by State

Explore the best general biology schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 3,280
Connecticut 987
New Hampshire 451
Maine 352
Rhode Island 534
Vermont 238

General Biology is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 14,535
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 11,615
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 8,813
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 7,247
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 6,206

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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