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2023 Best Value General Biology Schools in Connecticut

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$25,796 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,012 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Biology 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value General Biology Schools in Connecticut ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Connecticut to see which ones offered the best value 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 Schools in Connecticut

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

Best Connecticut Schools for Affordable Quality in General Biology

$11,542 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Central Connecticut State University to be the best value school for general biology students who want to pursue a degree in Connecticut. CCSU is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of New Britain.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CCSU are $11,542 a year.

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$11,882 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Connecticut State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Biology Schools in Connecticut list. Located in the medium-sized city of New Haven, SCSU is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SCSU are $11,882 a year.

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#3

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, CT
$51,270 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Quinnipiac University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Hamden, Quinnipiac is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Quinnipiac are $51,270 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Quinnipiac is ranked #3 for overall quality for biology in Connecticut.

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$18,524 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Connecticut helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best general biology schools in Connecticut. UCONN is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Storrs.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UCONN are $18,524 a year.

UCONN also took the #5 spot in our Best General Biology Schools in Connecticut rankings.

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#5

University of Bridgeport

Bridgeport, CT
$35,760 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Bridgeport. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value General Biology Schools in Connecticut list. UBridgeport is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Bridgeport.

UBridgeport undergraduate students pay an average of $35,760 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value General Biology Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value General Biology Schools 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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