Best Value Colleges for Biotechnology
Schools ranked by payback period — how quickly you recoup your investment through higher earnings.
13
Schools Ranked
$35,421
Avg. Earnings
3.2 yrs
Best Payback
375
Graduates
How we calculate value: Payback = (4 years of net price) / (major earnings - $35k baseline). A 2-year payback means you recoup your investment in 2 years through higher earnings vs. not attending college.
| # | School | Major Earnings | Payback |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Worcester State University Worcester, MA · Public | $55,547 | 3.2 yrs |
| 2 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA · Public | $45,500 | 6.1 yrs |
| 3 | California State University-San Marcos San Marcos, CA · Public | $41,565 | 8.7 yrs |
| 4 | University of California-Davis Davis, CA · Public | $40,605 | 10.1 yrs |
| 5 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ · Public | $41,725 | 12.4 yrs |
| 6 | California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA · Public | $37,424 | 17.8 yrs |
| 7 | University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE · Public | $35,416 | 130.5 yrs |
| 8 | University of Houston Houston, TX · Public | $33,565 | N/A |
| 9 | Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY · Private | $32,925 | N/A |
| 10 | University of Kentucky Lexington, KY · Public | $25,194 | N/A |
| 11 | Brigham Young University Provo, UT · Private | $25,194 | N/A |
| 12 | Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Guayama Guayama, PR · Private | $20,824 | N/A |
| 13 | Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo Arecibo, PR · Private | $19,227 | N/A |
Payback uses earnings by major from the College Scorecard's field-of-study file, last updated June 2026, against net price from the June 2026 release. Scorecard publishes the two separately, so they are different vintages.