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2022 Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

3 Ranked Colleges
6 Degrees Awarded
$40,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Master's in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Biophysics is the 724th most popular major in the country with 502 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 28 biophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 biophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in biophysics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biophysics programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the biophysics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biophysics (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

#1

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Chicago landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Chicago is a fairly large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 3 masters’s biophysics degrees in 2019-2020.

UChicago not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Biophysics Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UChicago are $61,548, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Biophysics at University of Chicago

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Champaign, Illinois, this large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s biophysics students in 2019-2020.

UIUC also made our “Best Biophysics Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #0. 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.

Full University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Biophysics Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified masters’s biophysics students in 2019-2020.

Illinois Tech also made our “Best Biophysics Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Institute of Technology are $30,695, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Illinois Tech Biophysics Report

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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