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2022 Best Value Bioengineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

7 Ranked Colleges
363 Degrees Awarded
$21,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Bioengineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Bioengineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 12,258 people earned their degree in bioengineering and biomedical engineering, making the major the 63rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 574 bioengineering and biomedical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 363 bioengineering and biomedical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Bioengineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in bioengineering and biomedical engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great bioengineering and biomedical engineering programs and 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 bioengineering and biomedical engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Bioengineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Bioengineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Bioengineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. UMN Twin Cities is a large public school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 90 bachelors’s bioengineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is $17,740 for plains states region bachelor’s degree bioengineering students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

#2

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington University in St Louis. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Bioengineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 59 bachelors’s bioengineering degrees in 2019-2020.

WUSTL also took the #1 spot in our “Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Washington University in St Louis is $26,869 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Bioengineering students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#3

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Bioengineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Iowa City, Iowa, this large public school handed out 111 degrees to qualified bachelors’s bioengineering students in 2019-2020.

Iowa also made our “Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Iowa is $19,145 for plains states region bachelor’s degree bioengineering students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering at University of Iowa

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Bioengineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Mizzou is a large school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 14 bachelors’s bioengineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Mizzou also took the #5 spot in our “Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Missouri - Columbia is $16,001 for plains states region bachelor’s degree bioengineering students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

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#5

Wichita State University

Wichita, Kansas
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wichita State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Bioengineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Wichita, Kansas, this fairly large public school handed out 41 degrees to qualified bachelors’s bioengineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WSU, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Wichita State University is $14,382 for plains states region bachelor’s degree bioengineering students with aid.

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#6

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#4 in overall quality

Saint Louis University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Bioengineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Saint Louis University is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 47 bachelors’s bioengineering degrees in 2019-2020.

SLU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $28,188 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Bioengineering students with aid per year to attend SLU.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

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#7

Dordt University

Sioux Center, Iowa
#6 in overall quality

Dordt University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Bioengineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Sioux Center, Iowa, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s bioengineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Dordt, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Dordt is $25,102 for plains states region bachelor’s degree bioengineering students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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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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