2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Evolutionary Biology in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

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 Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 699 people earned their degree in evolutionary biology, making the major the 502nd most popular in the United States.

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 Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the evolutionary biology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. 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 Getting Aid

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 Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Evolutionary Biology in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Iowa State is located in Ames, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s evolutionary biology degrees to qualified students.

Iowa State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #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 University 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

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the #2 spot on the list. KU is a large school located in Lawrence, Kansas that handed out 5 masters’s evolutionary biology degrees in 2019-2020.

KU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Evolutionary Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at KU are $25,007, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Evolutionary Biology at University of Kansas

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Evolutionary Biology (With Aid)

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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