2022 Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Plains States 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. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

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 Plains States region, there were 10,881 biological and biomedical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,932 and $23,535 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 181 biological and biomedical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in biological and biomedical sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great biological and biomedical sciences 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 biological and biomedical sciences 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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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 Plains States 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 Plains States 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 Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

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

#1

Northern State University

Aberdeen, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$13,133 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. NSU is a small public school situated in Aberdeen, South Dakota. It awarded 6 associates’s biological and biomedical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

NSU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Northern State University is $13,133 for plains states region associate degree biological & biomedical sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full NSU Biological & Biomedical Sciences Report

#2

Black Hills State University

Spearfish, South Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$14,142 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Black Hills State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Black Hills State University is a public institution located in Spearfish, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

BHSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for BHSU is $14,142 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Biological & Biomedical Sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Black Hills State University

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences (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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