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2023 Best Value Other Biological Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Virginia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$19,712 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$50,413 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) Doctor's Degree School for You

Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) is the #47 most popular major in Virginia with 162 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Other Biological Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Virginia ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Virginia to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for biomedical science 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. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for biomedical science majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Other Biological Sciences

Our analysis found Eastern Virginia Medical School to be the best value school for biological and biomedical sciences (other) students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Virginia. Located in the midsize city of Norfolk, Eastern Virginia Medical School is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Eastern Virginia Medical School are $22,901 per year.

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#2

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Out of the 2 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the # 2 spot on the list. Virginia Tech is a very large public school located in the small city of Blacksburg.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Virginia Tech are $16,522 a year.

Virginia Tech did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Other Biological Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia list.

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Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 654
Georgia 6
North Carolina 18
Tennessee 140
Kentucky 0
Louisiana 3
Alabama 7
Mississippi 84
Arkansas 46

Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Biology 8,920
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 3,221
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 2,488
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 2,290
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 1,964

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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