2022 Best Value Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking.

Cell/Cellular & Molecular Biology is the 176th most popular major in the country with 4,242 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 99 cell/cellular and molecular biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 72 cell/cellular and molecular biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in cell/cellular and molecular biology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great cell/cellular and molecular biology 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 cell/cellular and molecular biology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Cell/Cellular & Molecular Biology in the Plains States Region

#1

Missouri State University - Springfield

Springfield, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$16,725 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri State University - Springfield. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Missouri State University - Springfield is a large school located in Springfield, Missouri that handed out 71 bachelors’s cell/cellular and molecular biology degrees in 2019-2020.

Missouri State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Cell/Cellular & Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Missouri State University - Springfield is $16,725 for plains states region bachelor’s degree cell/cellular and molecular biology students.

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#2

Minnesota State University - Moorhead

Moorhead, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$16,893 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Moorhead, Minnesota, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s cell/cellular and molecular biology degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU Moorhead also took the #2 spot in our “Best Cell/Cellular & Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for MSU Moorhead is $16,893 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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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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