2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biophysics (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 502 people earned their degree in biophysics, making the major the 724th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 3 biophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 biophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biophysics programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the biophysics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biophysics (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$10,843 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Iowa State University is a large school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 1 bachelors’s biophysics degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Biophysics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $10,843 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Biophysics students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Iowa State.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Biophysics at Iowa State

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biophysics (Income $30-$48k)

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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