Biology & life sciences

Biotechnology

Tufts University · Medford, MA

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$67,844Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Grouped debt estimate$17,312Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's
Annual credentials awarded5Average of available recent award years; not the earnings sample size.

Earnings context

One career stage.
A clearer comparison.

USD · Bachelor's · 2 years after completion
Same source release. National references exclude this degree.

Selected degree estimate$32,043
Same subject · national$36,420
Biology & life sciences · national$28,598

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $25,559–$34,082.

Historical earnings archive. College Scorecard legacy FOS archive (file dated 2022-01-19; cohorts vary). Do not interpret this as today's graduate salary. Further study and career changes are not modelled by this early-career figure.

Bachelor's outcomes · 2 years after completion
Institution & subjectReported earnings
Emory UniversityBiology, General, Neurobiology and Neurosciences$18,814
Washington University in St LouisBiochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Biology, General$19,086
Middlebury CollegeNeurobiology and Neurosciences$36,134
Boston UniversityBiochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Biology, General, Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology, Neurobiology and Neurosciences$33,370
Williams CollegeBiology, General$33,993
Georgetown UniversityBiological and Physical Sciences, Biology, General$31,162
University of Southern CaliforniaBiochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Biology, General, Human Biology, Neurobiology and Neurosciences$27,088
University of Notre DameBiological and Physical Sciences, Biology, General$34,348
Johns Hopkins UniversityBiochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Biology, General, Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences, Neurobiology and Neurosciences$25,938
Rice UniversityBiochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology$24,421
Barnard CollegeNeurobiology and Neurosciences$37,568
Colgate UniversityBiochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Biology, General, Neurobiology and Neurosciences$32,925
How matching & uncertainty work

We first look for the same subject code (or exact subject name), qualification, country, currency, source release and earnings horizon. Peer institutions are matched using admissions selectivity, completion rates, undergraduate size and institution type, with a small preference for the same region. These are institutional proxies, not a ranking of programme quality.

If subject-matched peers are sparse, we try related subjects at closely matched universities, related degrees at this university, then an explicitly labelled national reference. We never multiply a salary by a university prestige score.

Peer and national estimates give each reporting institution one vote, after taking the median of its related programmes. Shared branch-campus outcomes count once. The middle-half range describes variation between reporting institutions. It is not an individual salary range or a statistical confidence interval.

Evidence labels describe match quality and coverage, not validated prediction accuracy. Admissions and size are undergraduate institutional measures, so graduate-degree comparisons are especially approximate.

Historical cohort outcomes are not promised salaries or a causal effect of attending this programme. College Scorecard earnings cover eligible federal-aid recipients, not every graduate or international student. Source definitions ↗