2023 Best Value General Biology Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Biology Doctor's Degree School for You
General Biology is the #33 most popular major in the country with 8,920 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value General Biology Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in the New England Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for biology students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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.
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2023 Best Value General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for biology majors pursuing a doctor's degree.
Top 10 Best General Biology Doctor's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Worcester Polytechnic Institute to be the best value school for general biology students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the New England Region . Located in the midsize city of Worcester, WPI is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
WPI graduate students pay an average of $29,040 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, WPI also did well on our Best General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Northeastern University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general biology schools in the New England Region . Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northeastern are $26,095 per year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Boston College are $32,722 a year.
Out of the 15 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts Institute of Technology landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at MIT are $58,967 a year.
MIT not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.
Harvard graduate students pay an average of $52,170 in tuition and fees each year.
Harvard did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.
University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the midsize city of Worcester, UMass Medical School is a public college with a small student population.
UMass Medical School graduate students pay an average of $38,156 in tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #7, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general biology students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small suburb of Durham, UNH is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNH are $29,992 per year.
Dartmouth College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Dartmouth is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the town of Hanover.
Dartmouth graduate students pay an average of $59,283 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Dartmouth is ranked #4 for overall quality for biology in the New England Region .
With a ranking of #9, University of Vermont did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general biology students working on their doctor’s degree. UVM is a large public school located in the city of Burlington.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UVM are $33,246 per year.
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University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree general biology programs. UMass Dartmouth is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize suburb of North Dartmouth.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Dartmouth are $30,153 per year.
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Best General Biology Colleges by State
Explore the best general biology colleges for a specific state in the New England region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 457 |
| Connecticut | 113 |
| Rhode Island | 2 |
| New Hampshire | 21 |
| Maine | 8 |
| Vermont | 10 |
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General Biology Related Majors for Biology
General Biology is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related to Biology
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology | 3,221 |
| Physiology & Pathology Sciences | 2,488 |
| Biomathematics & Bioinformatics | 2,290 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 1,964 |
| Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) | 1,922 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 15 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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