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2022 Best Value Biological Science Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k

1 Ranked Colleges
3 Degrees Awarded
$22,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Biological Science Schools for a Master's in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Science Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Biological & Physical Science is the 36th most popular major in the country with 29,162 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, biological and physical science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,647 and had an average of $18,790 in loans still to pay off.

Across Iowa, there were 65 biological and physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 biological and physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biological and physical science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the biological and physical science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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 Biological Science Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Biological Science Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biological Science Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Physical Science (Income $30-$48k) in Iowa

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biological Science Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k list. UNI is a medium-sized public school situated in Cedar Falls, Iowa. It awarded 3 masters’s biological science degrees in 2019-2020.

UNI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Biological & Physical Science Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Northern Iowa are $22,648.

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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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