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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Biomedical Sciences in the Far Western US Region

5 Ranked Colleges
107 Degrees Awarded
$32,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Master's in the Far Western US Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 10,239 people earned their degree in general biomedical sciences, making the major the 91st most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 409 general biomedical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 107 general biomedical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in general biomedical sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general biomedical sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general biomedical sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree biomedical sciences students.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Biomedical Sciences in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of California - San Francisco

San Francisco, California
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Francisco landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in San Francisco, California, this small public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified masters’s general biomedical sciences students in 2019-2020.

UCSF also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Biomedical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - San Francisco are $28,092.

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#2

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, California
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Francisco State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region list. This large school is located in San Francisco, California, and it awarded 6 masters’s general biomedical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

SFSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Biomedical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SFSU are $17,944, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - San Diego. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region. UCSD is located in La Jolla, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s general biomedical sciences degrees to qualified students.

UCSD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Biomedical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - San Diego are $28,631.

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#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #4 spot on the list. UH Manoa is a fairly large school located in Honolulu, Hawaii that handed out 2 masters’s general biomedical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UH Manoa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Biomedical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Hawaii at Manoa are $34,550.

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#5

Stanford University

Stanford, California
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stanford University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region. Stanford is located in Stanford, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s general biomedical sciences degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Stanford, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Biomedical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Stanford are $55,011.

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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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