2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences in South Dakota

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 a Master’s in South Dakota” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 169,876 biological and biomedical sciences students received their degree, making the major the 9th most popular in the country. 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 South Dakota, there were 450 biological and biomedical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 44 biological and biomedical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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 South Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences in South Dakota

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$16,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota. Brookings, South Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s biological and biomedical sciences degrees to 26 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at South Dakota State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State are $16,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, South Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$12,637 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Dakota landed the #2 spot on the list. Vermillion, South Dakota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s biological and biomedical sciences degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

USD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Dakota are $12,637, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Biological & Biomedical Sciences at University of South Dakota

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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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