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2023 Best Value General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$32,664 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$14,657 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Biology Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, general biology was ranked #33 in the country. In fact 8,920 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which graduate certificate 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.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Biology Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in General Biology

Our 2023 rankings named William Paterson University of New Jersey the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for general biology students working on their graduate certificate. William Paterson University is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Wayne.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at William Paterson University are $21,748 a year.

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#2

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Temple University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Temple is a very large public school located in the city of Philadelphia.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Temple are $24,812 a year.

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#3

New York University

New York, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NYU are $38,206 per year.

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#4

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Stony Brook University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general biology schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large suburb of Stony Brook, SUNY Stony Brook is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SUNY Stony Brook are $25,628 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Columbia are $52,924 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Columbia also did well on our Best General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on General Biology at Columbia University in the City of New York

Best General Biology Colleges by State

Explore the best general biology schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 884
Pennsylvania 467
Maryland 129
New Jersey 346
District of Columbia 39
Delaware 27

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

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 5 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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