2022 Best Value Human Biology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

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 Human Biology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Human Biology is the 212th most popular major in the country with 1,599 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, human biology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $30,133 and had an average of $18,424 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 117 human biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,400 and $20,875 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 human biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent human biology programs, but they also 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 human biology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Human Biology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Human Biology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Human Biology in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Ball State University

Muncie, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$26,204 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Human Biology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ball State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Ball State University is a public institution located in Muncie, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Ball State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Human Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ball State University are $26,204, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Human Biology at Ball State University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Human Biology

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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