2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biological Engineering in the Southeast Region

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 Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Southeast region, there were 134 biological engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,900 and $20,261 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 biological engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 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.

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.

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Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biological Engineering in the Southeast Region

#1

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$31,956 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Auburn University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. Located in Auburn, Alabama, this large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s biological engineering students in 2019-2020.

Auburn also took the #1 spot in our “Best Biological Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn University are $31,956.

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#1

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

#2 in overall quality

$29,970 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s biological engineering degrees to qualified students.

Louisiana State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Biological Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College are $29,970, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Biological Engineering at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

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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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