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2023 Best Value Biotechnology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$28,730 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,290 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Biotechnology School for You

Biotechnology is the #112 most popular major in the country with 1,567 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Biotechnology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Biotechnology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Biotechnology

Our 2023 rankings named University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for biotechnology students. CU Anschutz is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Denver.

CU Anschutz undergraduate students pay an average of $26,376 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Biotechnology at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Utah. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Biotechnology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. U of U is a fairly large public school located in the city of Salt Lake City.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at U of U are $28,345 a year.

Full Biotechnology at University of Utah Report

The excellent programs at Colorado State University - Fort Collins helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best biotechnology schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Colorado State are $31,470 a year.

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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Best Biotechnology Colleges by State

Explore the best biotechnology colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 15
Utah 4

More Biotechnology Rankings in the Rocky Mountains Region

One of 14 majors within the area of study, biotechnology has other similar majors worth exploring.

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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