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2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

8 Ranked Colleges
130 Degrees Awarded
$31,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Biotechnology is the 171st most popular major in the country with 3,585 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, biotechnology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $50,092 and had an average of $32,815 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 225 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,700 and $64,963 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 130 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in biotechnology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biotechnology 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 biotechnology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Evanston, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s biotech degrees to 39 students in 2019-2020.

Northwestern also made our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern are $56,567, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Northwestern University Biotechnology Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UW - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 24 masters’s biotech degrees to qualified students.

UW - Madison did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Biotechnology at UW - Madison

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is located in Champaign, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 masters’s biotech degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree biotech students whose families make $0-$30k list, UIUC has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Biotechnology Report

#4

Indiana University - Bloomington

Bloomington, Indiana
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Bloomington. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Indiana University - Bloomington is located in Bloomington, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 masters’s biotech degrees to qualified students.

IU Bloomington also made our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Indiana University - Bloomington are $33,338.

Read full report on Biotechnology at Indiana University - Bloomington

#5 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 #5 for the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Illinois at Chicago is a public institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 19 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree biotech students whose families make $0-$30k list, UIC has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIC are $27,036, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UIC Biotechnology Report

#6

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, Illinois
#8 in overall quality

Eastern Illinois University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Charleston, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s biotech degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

EIU also made our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #8. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Illinois University are $20,761.

Read more about Biotechnology at EIU

#7

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan
#9 in overall quality

Wayne State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Detroit, Michigan, this large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s biotech students in 2019-2020.

Wayne State also took the #9 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State University are $37,215, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Biotechnology at Wayne State

#8

Roosevelt University

Chicago, Illinois

Roosevelt University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s biotech degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

Roosevelt also made our “Best Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at Roosevelt University are $21,605, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Roosevelt Biotechnology Report

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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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