2022 Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Biological Engineering is the 288th most popular major in the country with 365 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, biological engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $44,933 and had an average of $20,950 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 28 biological engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 biological engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent biological engineering 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 engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biological Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of California - Merced

Merced, California

#1 in overall quality

$43,854 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Merced landed the #1 spot on the list. University of California - Merced is a public institution located in Merced, California. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Merced also took the #1 spot in our “Best Biological Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC Merced are $43,854, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Biological Engineering at University of California - Merced

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biological Engineering (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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