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2023 Best Value Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$25,965 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$21,612 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Biotechnology Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 174 degrees and certificates were awarded to biotechnology students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #100 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in California to see which graduate certificate 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.

2023 Best Value Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools in California

Check out the biotech graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Biotechnology

Our analysis found California State University - Long Beach to be the best value school for biotechnology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. CSULB is a very large public school located in the large city of Long Beach.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CSULB are $8,280 per year. While working on their Graduate Certificate, biotech majors at CSULB accumulate an average of around $18,477 in student debt.

Full Biotechnology at California State University - Long Beach Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Los Angeles. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cal State LA are $8,219 per year.

Read full report on Biotechnology at California State University - Los Angeles

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Southern California helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value biotechnology schools in California. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

USC graduate students pay an average of $61,396 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Biotechnology Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Biotechnology Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 0
Nevada 15

Biotechnology is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Biotech

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Biology 8,920
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 3,221
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 2,488
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 2,290
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 1,964

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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.

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