2022 Best Value Biology Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Biology Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Biology is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 5th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 102,043 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, general biology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,233 and had an average of $23,964 in loans still to pay off.

Across West Virginia, there were 532 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,125 and $21,284 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 48 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biology Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general biology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general 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 general biology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Biology Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biology Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Biology (Income $30-$48k) in West Virginia

#1

Marshall University

Huntington, West Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$21,162 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Biology Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Marshall University landed the #1 spot on the list. Marshall University is a fairly large school located in Huntington, West Virginia that handed out 17 masters’s biology degrees in 2019-2020.

Marshall University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Marshall University are $21,162, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Biology at Marshall University

#2

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

$26,154 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Biology Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k list. WVU is a large school located in Morgantown, West Virginia that handed out 5 masters’s biology degrees in 2019-2020.

WVU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at WVU are $26,154, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Biology at WVU

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Biology (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Biology (Income $30-$48k)

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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