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2022 Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

2 Ranked Colleges
121 Degrees Awarded
$6,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains 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 Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Biological & Biomedical Sciences is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 9th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 169,876 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, biological and biomedical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $30,082 and had an average of $24,534 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 7,000 biological and biomedical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,548 and $20,945 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 121 biological and biomedical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,967 and $17,711 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in biological and biomedical sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent biological and biomedical sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the biological and biomedical sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Utah Valley University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Utah Valley University is located in Orem, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 associates’s biological and biomedical sciences degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region associate degree biological & biomedical sciences students whose families make $0-$30k list, UVU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Utah Valley University is $7,334 for rocky mountains region associate degree biological & biomedical sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Western Idaho landed the #2 spot on the list. Nampa, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s biological and biomedical sciences degrees to 26 students in 2019-2020.

CWI also made our “Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for College of Western Idaho is $4,932 for rocky mountains region associate degree biological & biomedical sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Biological & Biomedical Sciences at College of Western Idaho

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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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