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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biological Engineering in California (With Aid)

1 Ranked Colleges
1 Degrees Awarded
$43,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Getting Aid

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 Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Getting Aid” 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 California, 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 $71,544 and $133,402 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biological engineering 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 biological engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biological Engineering in California (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Merced. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Merced, California, this medium-sized public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s biological engineering students in 2019-2020.

UC Merced not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Biological Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Merced are $43,854, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Biological Engineering at University of California - Merced

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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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  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Jun Seita.

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