2022 Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

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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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 biological engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biological engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the biological engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree biological engineering students.

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

#1

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Lincoln, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$19,513 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region. Lincoln, Nebraska is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s biological engineering degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

UNL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Biological Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNL are $19,513, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Biological Engineering at UNL

#2

University of Missouri - Columbia

Columbia, Missouri

#2 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 #2 for the Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region. University of Missouri - Columbia is located in Columbia, Missouri and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s biological engineering degrees to qualified students.

Mizzou also took the #2 spot in our “Best Biological Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Mizzou are $27,193.

Full University of Missouri - Columbia Biological Engineering Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biological Engineering

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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