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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (Income Over $110k) in the Great Lakes Region

5 Ranked Colleges
44 Degrees Awarded
$19,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Biotech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Vallue Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Biotechnology is the 171st most popular major in the country with 3,585 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, biotechnology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $50,092 and had an average of $32,815 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 225 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,700 and $64,963 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 44 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in biotechnology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biotechnology 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 biotechnology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (Income Over $110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Wisconsin - River Falls

River Falls, Wisconsin

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - River Falls landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Wisconsin - River Falls is a public institution located in River Falls, Wisconsin. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - River Falls, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UW - River Falls is $13,748 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree biotech students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Biotechnology at University of Wisconsin - River Falls

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. The school came in at #2 for the Best Vallue Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k. Indianapolis, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s biotech degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

IUPUI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend IUPUI is $11,285 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree biotech students whose families make more than $110k.

Read full report on Biotechnology at IUPUI

#3

Indiana University - Bloomington

Bloomington, Indiana
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Bloomington landed the #3 spot on the list. Bloomington, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s biotech degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at IU Bloomington, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend IU Bloomington is $13,253 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Biotech students whose families make more than $110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Indiana University - Bloomington Biotechnology Report

#4

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ferris State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Vallue Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Ferris State University is located in Big Rapids, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s biotech degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ferris, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $12,889 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Biotech students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Ferris.

Full Ferris State University Biotechnology Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kent State University at Kent. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Vallue Biotech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Kent State is a large school located in Kent, Ohio that handed out 11 bachelors’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.

Kent State also took the #4 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $18,885 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Biotech students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Kent State University at Kent.

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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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