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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biological Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region

1 Ranked Colleges
27 Degrees Awarded
$9,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Biological Engineering is the 288th most popular major in the country with 365 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, biological engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $44,933 and had an average of $20,950 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 28 biological engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 27 biological engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent biological engineering programs, but they also cost less that 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 engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The biological engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree biological engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biological Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the #1 spot on the list. University of California - San Diego is a public institution located in La Jolla, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UCSD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Biological Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. It costs about $9,280 for far western us region bachelor’s degree biological engineering students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UCSD.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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%.

Read full report on Biological Engineering at University of California - San Diego

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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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