2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa” 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 Iowa, there were 6 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,922 and $25,876 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biotechnology programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa

The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa bachelor’s degree biotech students.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in Iowa

#1

Grand View University

Des Moines, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$19,826 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand View University landed the #1 spot on the list. Grand View University is located in Des Moines, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s biotech degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Grand View University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Grand View University is $19,826 for Iowa Bachelor’s Degree Biotech students.

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Henk Caspers/Naturalis Biodiversity Center.

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