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2023 Best Value General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$33,690 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$14,657 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Biology Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 457 degrees and certificates were awarded to general biology students who went to a Massachusetts college or university. This makes it the #34 most popular major in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Massachusetts to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for biology students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts

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

Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in General Biology

Our analysis found University of Massachusetts - Lowell to be the best value school for general biology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Massachusetts. UMass Lowell is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Lowell.

UMass Lowell graduate students pay an average of $15,210 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Harvard University is a great value for general biology students working on their graduate certificate. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Harvard are $52,170 a year.

Harvard not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list.

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Best Value General Biology Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value General Biology Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 113
Rhode Island 2
New Hampshire 21
Maine 8
Vermont 10

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

Majors Similar 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 2 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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