2022 Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 89 biological/biosystems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 65 biological/biosystems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 2 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.

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 biological/biosystems engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biological/Biosystems Engineering in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Missouri - Columbia

Columbia, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$16,001 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. This large school is located in Columbia, Missouri, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s biological/biosystems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Mizzou did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Biological/Biosystems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Missouri - Columbia is $16,001 for plains states region bachelor’s degree biological/biosystems engineering students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Biological/Biosystems Engineering at University of Missouri - Columbia

#2

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Lincoln, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$17,208 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is located in Lincoln, Nebraska and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 31 bachelors’s biological/biosystems engineering degrees to qualified students.

UNL also took the #2 spot in our “Best Biological/Biosystems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UNL is $17,208 for plains states region 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. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UNL Biological/Biosystems Engineering Report

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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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