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2022 Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s

11 Ranked Colleges
300 Degrees Awarded
$14,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 300 biological/biosystems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 11 colleges that offered 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s.

Top 11 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biological/Biosystems Engineering

#1

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oakland University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s. Located in Rochester Hills, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s biological/biosystems engineering students in 2019-2020.

Oakland not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Biological/Biosystems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $11,802 for bachelor’s degree biological/biosystems engineering students per year to attend Oakland.

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#11 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Logan, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s biological/biosystems engineering degrees to 37 students in 2019-2020.

USU also took the #11 spot in our “Best Biological/Biosystems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $13,634 for bachelor’s degree biological/biosystems engineering students per year to attend USU.

Full USU Biological/Biosystems Engineering Report

#3

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s. UF is a large school located in Gainesville, Florida that handed out 23 bachelors’s biological/biosystems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Biological/Biosystems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend UF is $6,302 for Bachelor’s Degree Biological/Biosystems Engineering students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s. University of Missouri - Columbia is a public institution located in Columbia, Missouri. The school has a large population, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree biological/biosystems engineering students list, Mizzou has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Biological/Biosystems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mizzou is $16,001 for Bachelor’s Degree Biological/Biosystems Engineering students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

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#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Lincoln, Nebraska is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s biological/biosystems engineering degrees to 31 students in 2019-2020.

UNL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Biological/Biosystems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for UNL is $17,208 for bachelor’s degree biological/biosystems engineering students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low student loan default rate of 4.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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#6

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho
#9 in overall quality

University of Idaho did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. U of I is a public institution located in Moscow, Idaho. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U of I, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Biological/Biosystems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for U of I is $14,132 for bachelor’s degree biological/biosystems engineering students.

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#7

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia
#7 in overall quality

University of Georgia did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #7. University of Georgia is a large public school situated in Athens, Georgia. It awarded 48 bachelors’s biological/biosystems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UGA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Biological/Biosystems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Georgia is $13,649 for bachelor’s degree biological/biosystems engineering students.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#8

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas
#10 in overall quality

University of Arkansas came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, this large public school awarded 24 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s biological/biosystems engineering students in 2019-2020.

UARK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Biological/Biosystems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend UARK is $16,381 for bachelor’s degree biological/biosystems engineering students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

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#9

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama
#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #9, Auburn University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Auburn, Alabama, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s biological/biosystems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Auburn also made our “Best Biological/Biosystems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $24,104 for bachelor’s degree biological/biosystems engineering students per year to attend Auburn.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Auburn University Biological/Biosystems Engineering Report

#10

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#6 in overall quality

University of Arizona did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #10. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s biological/biosystems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Biological/Biosystems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Arizona is $15,016 for bachelor’s degree biological/biosystems engineering students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#1 in overall quality

With a ranking of #11, University of California - San Diego did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s list. La Jolla, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s biological/biosystems engineering degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree biological/biosystems engineering students list, UCSD has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Biological/Biosystems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of California - San Diego is $14,232 for Bachelor’s Degree Biological/Biosystems Engineering students.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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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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