2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biology Education in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Biology Education is the 522nd most popular major in the country with 777 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 46 biology education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 biology education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in biology education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biology education programs that also have a lower cost than 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 biology education program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biology Education in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$27,575 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Louisville. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Louisville, Kentucky, and it awarded 3 masters’s biology teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

UofL also took the #1 spot in our “Best Biology Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Louisville are $27,575, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Biology Education at University of Louisville

#2

Blue Mountain College

Blue Mountain, Mississippi

#3 in overall quality

$10,530 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Blue Mountain College landed the #2 spot on the list. Blue Mountain College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Blue Mountain, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Blue Mountain College, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Biology Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Blue Mountain College are $10,530, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Lee University

Cleveland, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$14,330 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Lee University landed the #3 spot on the list. Cleveland, Tennessee is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s biology teacher education degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Lee University also made our “Best Biology Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Lee University are $14,330.

Read full report on Biology Education at Lee University

#4

Campbellsville University

Campbellsville, Kentucky

$8,773 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Campbellsville University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Campbellsville University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Campbellsville, Kentucky. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Campbellsville University also made our “Best Biology Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Campbellsville University are $8,773, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Campbellsville University Biology Education Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biology Education (With Aid)

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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