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2023 Best Value General Biology Master's Degree Schools in Connecticut

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$17,704 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,743 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Biology Master's Degree School for You

General Biology is the #31 most popular major in Connecticut with 113 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. 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 Master's Degree Schools in Connecticut to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Connecticut to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for biology students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for biology majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best Connecticut Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in General Biology

Our 2023 rankings named Southern Connecticut State University the best value school in Connecticut for general biology students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of New Haven, SCSU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SCSU are $13,321 a year.

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#2

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, CT

The excellent master’s degree programs at Quinnipiac University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general biology schools in Connecticut. Located in the large suburb of Hamden, Quinnipiac is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Quinnipiac graduate students pay an average of $20,340 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Quinnipiac also made our Best General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut list, coming in at #3.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Connecticut State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut list. CCSU is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of New Britain.

CCSU graduate students pay an average of $12,848 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut list. UCONN is a very large public school located in the suburb of Storrs.

UCONN graduate students pay an average of $20,325 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UCONN also took the #4 spot in our Best General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut rankings.

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#5

University of Bridgeport

Bridgeport, CT

Out of the 5 schools in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Bridgeport landed the # 5 spot on the list. UBridgeport is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Bridgeport.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UBridgeport are $21,686 a year.

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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
Massachusetts 457
Rhode Island 2
New Hampshire 21
Maine 8
Vermont 10

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 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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