2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in Iowa

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Iowa, there were 1,746 biological and biomedical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,486 and $25,738 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 114 biological and biomedical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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 biological and biomedical sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in Iowa

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa

$22,648 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, this medium-sized public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s biological and biomedical sciences students in 2019-2020.

UNI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNI are $22,648, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k list. Iowa City, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s biological and biomedical sciences degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa also took the #1 spot in our “Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Iowa are $27,613.

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#3

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Iowa State University is a large school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 51 masters’s biological and biomedical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Iowa State

#4

Saint Ambrose University

Davenport, Iowa

#3 in overall quality

$18,150 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Ambrose University landed the #4 spot on the list. Saint Ambrose University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Davenport, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

St. Ambrose University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at St. Ambrose University are $18,150, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Income $75-$110k)

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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