2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biology Education (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 777 people earned their degree in biology education, making the major the 522nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 90 biology education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 74 biology education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent biology education programs, but they also 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 biology education program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biology Education (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$11,436 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Phoenix, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s biology teacher education degrees to 74 students in 2019-2020.

Grand Canyon University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Biology Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Grand Canyon University are $11,436, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Biology Education at Grand Canyon University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biology Education (Income $75-$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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