2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Biology (Income Over $110k) in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Biology Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Biology is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 5th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 102,043 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, general biology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,233 and had an average of $23,964 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 6,702 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,984 and $23,545 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 173 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general biology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general biology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Vallue Biology Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Vallue Biology Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Biology Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Biology (Income Over $110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Black Hills State University

Spearfish, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$16,641 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Vallue Biology Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Black Hills State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Black Hills State University is located in Spearfish, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 associates’s biology degrees to qualified students.

BHSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Biology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend BHSU is $16,641 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Biology students whose families make more than $110k.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Biology (Income Over $110k)

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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