2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biology Education in the Great Lakes Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Biology Education is the 522nd most popular major in the country with 777 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 130 biology education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 68 biology education graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in biology education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great biology education 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 biology education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The biology teacher education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region”.

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Best Value Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biology Education in the Great Lakes Region

#1

John Carroll University

University Heights, Ohio

#4 in overall quality

$15,957 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, John Carroll University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in University Heights, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified masters’s biology teacher education students in 2019-2020.

John Carroll not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Biology Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at John Carroll University are $15,957, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full John Carroll Biology Education Report

#2

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

#3 in overall quality

$19,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DePaul University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s biology teacher education degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

DePaul not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Biology Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul University are $19,760, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Biology Education at DePaul University

#3

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #3 spot on the list. Champaign, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s biology teacher education degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

UIUC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Biology Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Biology Education at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

#4

Miami University - Oxford

Oxford, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$31,697 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Miami University - Oxford landed the #4 spot on the list. Miami University - Oxford is located in Oxford, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 48 masters’s biology teacher education degrees to qualified students.

Miami University - Oxford did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Biology Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Miami University - Oxford are $31,697, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Biology Education at Miami University - Oxford

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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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