2022 Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 Plains States region, there were 89 biological engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,950 and $22,459 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 biological engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biological 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 engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree biological engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biological Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Missouri - Columbia

Columbia, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$27,193 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. University of Missouri - Columbia is a public institution located in Columbia, Missouri. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Mizzou also took the #1 spot in our “Best Biological Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mizzou are $27,193, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biological Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

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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