2026 Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region

[Biological/Biosystems Engineering](/majors/engineering/biological-biosystems-engineering/biological-biosystems-engineering/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. The schools below stand out for delivering a strong biological/biosystems engineering education at a price that pays off.
College Factual analyzed 2 schools to build this 2026 ranking of the best value biological/biosystems engineering schools.
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2026 Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the biological/biosystems engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools
University Of Arizona earned the #1 spot for value among biological/biosystems engineering schools in the Southwest Region. University Of Arizona is a very large public school located in the city of Tucson. Expect in-state tuition and fees of around $13,573, compared with $39,903 for out-of-state students. Biological/biosystems Engineering graduates carry a median of $21,861 in student loans. Early-career biological/biosystems engineering graduates make about $50,834. Set against $21,861 in median debt, that is a healthy payoff. The acceptance rate is 86%.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 2 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.
- 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).
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