2023 Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 & Physical Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Biological & Physical Sciences is the 28th most popular major in the country with 30,075 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 109 biological and physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in biological and physical sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent biological and physical sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the biological and physical sciences 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 & Physical Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region biological & physical sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Biological & Physical Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

1

University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$10,513 Average Net Price

$40,810 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UNI is a medium-sized public school situated in Cedar Falls, Iowa. It awarded 18 ’s biological and physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

UNI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Biological & Physical Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $10,513 for plains states region biological & physical sciences students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UNI.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Biological & Physical Sciences at UNI

2

Fort Hays State University
Hays, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$9,774 Average Net Price

$43,454 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fort Hays State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in Hays, Kansas, and it awarded 2 ’s biological and physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

FHSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Biological & Physical Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for FHSU is $9,774 for plains states region biological & physical sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Biological & Physical Sciences at FHSU

• Best Value Colleges for Biological & Physical Sciences (Income $0-$30k)

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.