2022 Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

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 Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Evolutionary Biology is the 502nd most popular major in the country with 699 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 81 evolutionary biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 evolutionary biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in evolutionary biology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great evolutionary biology programs and 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 evolutionary biology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree evolutionary biology students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Evolutionary Biology in the Southwest Region

#1

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$22,886 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. The University of Texas at Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 masters’s evolutionary biology degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Austin, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Evolutionary Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Evolutionary Biology at The University of Texas at Austin

#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$33,399 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 5 masters’s evolutionary biology degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Evolutionary Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Arizona Evolutionary Biology Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Evolutionary Biology

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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