2023 Best Value General Biology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast 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.
The Best Value General Biology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 37 schools in the Southeast 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 Southeast 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 University of Memphis to be the best value school for general biology students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Memphis, UofM is a public college with a very large student population.
UofM graduate students pay an average of $14,544 in tuition and fees each year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Southern Mississippi. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Southern Miss are $11,204 a year.
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Out of the 37 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the # 3 spot on the list. UNC Charlotte is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNC Charlotte are $21,147 a year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tennessee State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Tennessee State University is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Nashville.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Tennessee State University are $22,836 per year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Georgia Tech are $31,334 per year.
Georgia Tech did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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Clemson University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general biology students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Clemson is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Clemson.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Clemson are $23,246 a year.
Clemson also claimed a spot on our Best General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
With a ranking of #7, University of Arkansas did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general biology students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UARK are $22,563 per year.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general biology students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Chapel Hill are $30,858 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UNC Chapel Hill also is in the top 10% of our Best General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.
Florida Atlantic University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. FAU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Boca Raton.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at FAU are $18,482 per year.
Florida Institute of Technology landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree general biology programs. Florida Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Melbourne.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Florida Tech are $22,588 a year.
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Best General Biology Colleges by State
Explore the best general biology colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Virginia | 426 |
| Florida | 341 |
| Georgia | 262 |
| North Carolina | 213 |
| Tennessee | 127 |
| Kentucky | 94 |
| Louisiana | 153 |
| Alabama | 232 |
| South Carolina | 173 |
| Mississippi | 222 |
| Arkansas | 30 |
| West Virginia | 49 |
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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 25 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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