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2023 Best Value General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in New York

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$34,989 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$14,657 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Biology Graduate Certificate School for You

With 884 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general biology is the #27 most popular major in New York.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in New York ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in New York 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.

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 General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in New York

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for biology majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best New York Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in General Biology

#1

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

Our analysis found Stony Brook University to be the best value school for general biology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in New York. SUNY Stony Brook is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Stony Brook.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SUNY Stony Brook are $13,838 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, SUNY Stony Brook also is in the top 20% of our Best General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in New York ranking.

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#2

New York University

New York, NY

Out of the 3 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the # 2 spot on the list. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

NYU graduate students pay an average of $38,206 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, NYU is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list.

Full General Biology at New York University Report

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

Columbia graduate students pay an average of $52,924 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Columbia not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list.

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

Best Value General Biology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value General Biology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

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

General Biology is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

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 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).

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