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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Southwest region, there were 31 biological/biosystems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 biological/biosystems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in biological/biosystems engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent biological/biosystems engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the biological/biosystems engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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

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

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$33,399 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 4 masters’s biological/biosystems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Biological/Biosystems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Arizona State University - Tempe

Tempe, Arizona

$27,048 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s biological/biosystems engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Tempe, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Biological/Biosystems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Tempe are $27,048.

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• Best Value Master’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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