2022 Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Evolutionary Biology is the 502nd most popular major in the country with 699 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 33 evolutionary biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 evolutionary biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in evolutionary biology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great evolutionary biology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the evolutionary biology 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 Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Evolutionary Biology (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Ames, Iowa, and it awarded 4 masters’s evolutionary biology degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Evolutionary Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948.

Read full report on Evolutionary Biology at Iowa State

#2

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$25,007 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Lawrence, Kansas, this large public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s evolutionary biology students in 2019-2020.

KU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Evolutionary Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Kansas are $25,007, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Evolutionary Biology at University of Kansas

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Evolutionary Biology (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.

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