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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biophysics in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
10 Degrees Awarded
$41,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Biophysics Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Biophysics is the 724th most popular major in the country with 502 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 72 biophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 biophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in biophysics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biophysics 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 biophysics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree biophysics students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biophysics in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Ann Arbor, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s biophysics degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

U-M did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Biophysics Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548.

Read full report on Biophysics at U-M

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a public institution located in Champaign, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC also took the #4 spot in our “Best Biophysics Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Biophysics at UIUC

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Columbus, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s biophysics degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Ohio State also made our “Best Biophysics Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State University - Main Campus are $37,141.

Read more about Biophysics at Ohio State University - Main Campus

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Illinois Institute of Technology. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s biophysics degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Illinois Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Biophysics Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Institute of Technology are $30,695, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Illinois Tech Biophysics Report

#5

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Chicago. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Biophysics Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 3 masters’s biophysics degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree biophysics students with aid list, UChicago has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Biophysics Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Chicago are $61,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Chicago Biophysics Report

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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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