2022 Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Environmental Biology is the 661st most popular major in the country with 442 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 92 environmental biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 environmental biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent environmental 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 environmental biology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The environmental microbiology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree environmental microbiology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Biology (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Governors State University

University Park, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$14,674 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Governors State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in University Park, Illinois, this small public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s environmental microbiology students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at GSU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Environmental Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Governors State University are $14,674, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Environmental Biology at Governors State University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental 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.

Credits

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