2023 Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You
With 177,778 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, biological and biomedical sciences is the #9 most popular major in the United States.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the New England Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for biological and biomedical sciences 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 New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Biological & Biomedical Sciences
Our analysis found Harvard University to be the best value school for biological and biomedical sciences 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 medium-sized city of Cambridge.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Harvard are $52,170 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Harvard is ranked #1 for overall quality for biological and biomedical sciences in the New England Region .
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Massachusetts - Lowell is a great value for biological and biomedical sciences students working on their graduate certificate. UMass Lowell is a large public school located in the large suburb of Lowell.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Lowell are $26,990 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Vermont. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. UVM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Burlington.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UVM are $33,246 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Central Connecticut State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. CCSU is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of New Britain.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CCSU are $26,072 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Rhode Island. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. URI is a large public school located in the large suburb of Kingston.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at URI are $29,774 per year.
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Suffolk University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Suffolk is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Suffolk are $39,813 a year.
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Tufts University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Tufts are $55,216 a year.
Tufts also took the #2 spot in our Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region rankings.
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University of Connecticut ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. UCONN is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCONN are $42,237 per year.
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Explore the best biological and biomedical sciences colleges for a specific state in the New England region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 735 |
| Maine | 707 |
| Rhode Island | 858 |
| Massachusetts | 6,747 |
| Connecticut | 2,255 |
| Vermont | 574 |
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Biological & Biomedical Sciences Related Majors for Biological & Biomedical Sciences
Biological & Biomedical Sciences Majors to Study
| 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 |
| Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences | 6,206 |
| Microbiological Sciences & Immunology | 4,566 |
| Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) | 4,420 |
| Biotechnology | 3,911 |
| Zoology | 2,984 |
| Biomathematics & Bioinformatics | 2,957 |
| Genetics | 1,543 |
| Pharmacology & Toxicology | 1,042 |
| Botany/Plant Biology | 691 |
| Molecular Medicine | 83 |
Majors Similar to Biological & Biomedical Sciences
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Computer & Information Sciences | 254,454 |
| Engineering | 198,468 |
| Engineering Technologies | 85,188 |
| Mathematics & Statistics | 52,396 |
| Physical Sciences | 50,306 |
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 Kelly White.
More about our data sources and methodologies.