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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

5 Ranked Colleges
44 Degrees Awarded
$7,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region 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 Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 3,585 people earned their degree in biotechnology, making the major the 242nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 225 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 44 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in biotechnology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent biotechnology programs, but they also 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 biotechnology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree biotech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Indiana University - Bloomington

Bloomington, Indiana
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Bloomington. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. IU Bloomington is located in Bloomington, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s biotech degrees to qualified students.

IU Bloomington did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Indiana University - Bloomington is $4,969 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree biotech students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Biotechnology at Indiana University - Bloomington

#2

University of Wisconsin - River Falls

River Falls, Wisconsin
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - River Falls. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This medium-sized school is located in River Falls, Wisconsin, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - River Falls also made our “Best Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $8,366 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Biotech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Wisconsin - River Falls.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UW - River Falls Biotechnology Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis landed the #3 spot on the list. Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis is a public institution located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

IUPUI also took the #3 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for IUPUI is $5,052 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Biotech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Biotechnology at IUPUI

#4

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ferris State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Ferris State University is a fairly large public school situated in Big Rapids, Michigan. It awarded 8 bachelors’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.

Ferris not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Ferris State University is $7,207 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Biotech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Biotechnology at Ferris State University

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kent State University at Kent. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Kent State is a large school located in Kent, Ohio that handed out 11 bachelors’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.

Kent State also made our “Best Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $13,915 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Biotech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Kent State.

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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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