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2022 Best Value Biological Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

6 Ranked Colleges
44 Degrees Awarded
$34,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Biological Chemistry Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Biological Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Biochemistry is the 77th most popular major in the country with 10,071 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,558 biochemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 44 biochemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biological Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in biochemistry. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent biochemistry programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the biochemistry program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Biological Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree biological chemistry students.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biochemistry in the Great Lakes Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biological Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in Madison, Wisconsin, and it awarded 2 masters’s biological chemistry degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Biochemistry Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Madison are $25,523.

Read more about Biochemistry at UW - Madison

#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Biological Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in West Lafayette, Indiana, this large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified masters’s biological chemistry students in 2019-2020.

Purdue did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Biochemistry Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue are $28,794, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Purdue University - Main Campus Biochemistry Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Biological Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Champaign, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s biological chemistry degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UIUC also made our “Best Biochemistry Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #5. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083.

Read more about Biochemistry at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Biological Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis is a large school located in Indianapolis, Indiana that handed out 5 masters’s biological chemistry degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree biological chemistry students list, IUPUI has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Biochemistry Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at IUPUI are $26,013, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis Biochemistry Report

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Biological Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. U-M is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 masters’s biological chemistry degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree biological chemistry students list, U-M has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Biochemistry Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Biochemistry Report

#4 in overall quality

Case Western Reserve University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Biological Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Case Western is located in Cleveland, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s biological chemistry degrees to qualified students.

Case Western also made our “Best Biochemistry Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Case Western are $47,958, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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