2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Evolutionary Biology (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Evolutionary Biology is the 816th most popular major in the country with 166 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 9 evolutionary biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 evolutionary biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,900 and $148,219 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality evolutionary biology 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 evolutionary 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 Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Evolutionary Biology (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

#1

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$61,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Chicago landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s evolutionary biology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UChicago, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Evolutionary Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UChicago are $61,548.

Read more about Evolutionary Biology at UChicago

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Evolutionary Biology (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Evolutionary Biology (Income $0-$30k)

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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