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2023 Best Value Biotechnology Master's Degree Schools in Florida

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$12,145 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,980 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Biotechnology Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 28 degrees and certificates were awarded to biotechnology students who went to a Florida college or university. This makes it the #143 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Biotechnology Master's Degree Schools in Florida ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Florida to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for biotech 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 Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in Florida

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for biotech majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best Florida Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Biotechnology

#1

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, FL

Our analysis found Florida Atlantic University to be the best value school for biotechnology students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Florida. FAU is a very large public school located in the small city of Boca Raton.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at FAU are $6,693 a year.

Read full report on Biotechnology at Florida Atlantic University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Central Florida. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in Florida list. Located in the large suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCF are $8,872 per year.

UCF excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in Florida list.

Read full report on Biotechnology at University of Central Florida

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in Florida list. USF Tampa is a very large public school located in the large city of Tampa.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at USF Tampa are $10,428 a year.

Full Biotechnology at University of South Florida - Main Campus Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at Florida Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value biotechnology schools in Florida. Florida Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Melbourne.

Florida Tech graduate students pay an average of $22,588 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Florida Tech is ranked #3 for overall quality for biotech in Florida.

Read full report on Biotechnology at Florida Institute of Technology

Best Value Biotechnology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Biotechnology Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 10
North Carolina 49
Kentucky 1
Alabama 58
South Carolina 5
Mississippi 0
West Virginia 8

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

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 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Henk Caspers/Naturalis Biodiversity Center.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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