2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biological/Biosystems Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 365 people earned their degree in biological/biosystems engineering, making the major the 649th most popular in the United States.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 71 biological/biosystems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 biological/biosystems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,140 and $97,138 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in biological/biosystems engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great biological/biosystems engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the biological/biosystems engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biological/Biosystems Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

Utah State University

Logan, Utah

#1 in overall quality

$22,598 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Logan, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s biological/biosystems engineering degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

USU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Biological/Biosystems Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USU are $22,598, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Biological/Biosystems Engineering at Utah State University

#2

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho

#1 in overall quality

$29,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Idaho is a fairly large school located in Moscow, Idaho that handed out 1 doctorate’s biological/biosystems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

U of I also took the #1 spot in our “Best Biological/Biosystems Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at U of I are $29,112.

Full U of I Biological/Biosystems Engineering Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biological/Biosystems Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

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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