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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biomathematics & Bioinformatics in the Great Lakes Region

5 Ranked Colleges
39 Degrees Awarded
$35,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Biomathematics Schools for a Doctorate 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 Biomathematics Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 2,777 people earned their degree in biomathematics and bioinformatics, making the major the 178th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, biomathematics and bioinformatics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $71,400 and had an average of $34,866 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 322 biomathematics and bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $68,350 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 39 biomathematics and bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Biomathematics Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in biomathematics and bioinformatics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great biomathematics and bioinformatics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the biomathematics and bioinformatics 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 Biomathematics Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biomathematics Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biomathematics & Bioinformatics in the Great Lakes Region

#2 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 #1 for the Best Value Biomathematics Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region. Indianapolis, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s biomathematics degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at IUPUI, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at IUPUI are $26,013, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full IUPUI Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Biomathematics Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region. This large school is located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s biomathematics degrees in 2019-2020.

UC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Doctor’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 Cincinnati - Main Campus are $26,644.

Full UC Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Chicago. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Biomathematics Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region. This large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s biomathematics degrees in 2019-2020.

UIC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Doctor’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 Illinois at Chicago are $27,036.

Read full report on Biomathematics & Bioinformatics at UIC

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Biomathematics Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Columbus, Ohio, this large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified doctorate’s biomathematics students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ohio State, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State University - Main Campus are $37,141, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Biomathematics & Bioinformatics at Ohio State

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Biomathematics Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a large public school situated in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It awarded 18 doctorate’s biomathematics degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M also took the #1 spot in our “Best Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Biomathematics & Bioinformatics at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

#2 in overall quality

Case Western Reserve University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Biomathematics Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. Case Western Reserve University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Cleveland, Ohio. It awarded 2 doctorate’s biomathematics degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Case Western, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Case Western are $47,958, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Biomathematics & Bioinformatics at Case Western

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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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