2022 Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Rocky Mountains Region” 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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 71 biological engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $20,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 biological engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in biological engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biological engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biological Engineering in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

Utah State University

Logan, Utah

#2 in overall quality

$22,598 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. USU is a large school located in Logan, Utah that handed out 5 masters’s biological engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

USU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Biological Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at USU are $22,598, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Biological Engineering at Utah State University

#2

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho

#1 in overall quality

$29,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. U of I is a fairly large school located in Moscow, Idaho that handed out 4 masters’s biological engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

U of I also made our “Best Biological Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Idaho are $29,112, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Biological Engineering at U of I

• Best Value Master’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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