2022 Best Value Colleges for Biological/Biosystems Engineering in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Biological/Biosystems Engineering is the 649th most popular major in the country with 365 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 31 biological/biosystems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in biological/biosystems engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biological/biosystems engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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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Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region biological/biosystems engineering students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Colleges for Biological/Biosystems Engineering in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$15,016 Average Net Price

$44,160 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 25 ’s biological/biosystems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also took the #1 spot in our “Best Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $15,016 for Southwest Region Biological/Biosystems Engineering students with aid per year to attend University of Arizona.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#2

Arizona State University - Tempe

Tempe, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$11,706 Average Net Price

$46,397 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s biological/biosystems engineering degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Arizona State University - Tempe is $11,706 for Southwest Region Biological/Biosystems Engineering students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

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#3

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona

#3 in overall quality

$12,915 Average Net Price

$40,689 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Northern Arizona University is a large school located in Flagstaff, Arizona that handed out 1 ’s biological/biosystems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

NAU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $12,915 for Southwest Region Biological/Biosystems Engineering students with aid per year to attend NAU.

Read full report on Biological/Biosystems Engineering at Northern Arizona University

• Best Value Colleges for Biological/Biosystems Engineering (With Aid)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jun Seita.

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