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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biophysics in the Great Lakes Region

5 Ranked Colleges
10 Degrees Awarded
$41,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Biophysics 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. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.

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

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 72 biophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 biophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in biophysics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great biophysics programs and 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 biophysics program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Biophysics 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 biophysics students.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biophysics in the Great Lakes Region

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. Champaign, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s biophysics degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIUC, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Biophysics Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. 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.

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#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. Illinois Institute of Technology is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Illinois Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Biophysics Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Tech are $30,695, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Illinois Tech Biophysics Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio State University - Main Campus is a large school located in Columbus, Ohio that handed out 1 masters’s biophysics degrees in 2019-2020.

Ohio State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Biophysics Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State University - Main Campus are $37,141, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Biophysics at Ohio State

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a large school located in Ann Arbor, Michigan that handed out 2 masters’s biophysics degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Biophysics Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Biophysics at U-M

#5

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Chicago landed the #5 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 also made our “Best Biophysics Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Chicago are $61,548, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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