2022 Best Value Molecular Biochemistry Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Molecular Biochemistry Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 516 people earned their degree in molecular biochemistry, making the major the 547th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 23 molecular biochemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 molecular biochemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Molecular Biochemistry Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in molecular biochemistry. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality molecular biochemistry 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 molecular biochemistry program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Molecular Biochemistry 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 molecular biochemistry students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Molecular Biochemistry in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$32,928 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Molecular Biochemistry Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 masters’s molecular biochemistry degrees to qualified students.

SIUC also made our “Best Molecular Biochemistry Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are $32,928, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Molecular Biochemistry at SIUC

#2

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$61,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Molecular Biochemistry Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Chicago is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UChicago not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Molecular 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 UChicago are $61,548.

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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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