2022 Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Indiana For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Natural Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Indiana For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Natural Sciences is the 209th most popular major in the country with 2,345 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, natural sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $30,257 and had an average of $22,289 in loans still to pay off.

Across Indiana, there were 3 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,620 and $24,786 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality natural sciences 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 natural sciences program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Indiana For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Indiana For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Indiana For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences in Indiana (With Aid)

#1

Indiana University - East

Richmond, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$7,722 Average Net Price

$35,060 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Indiana For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - East landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Richmond, Indiana, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s natural sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

IU East did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Natural Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Indiana” list. It costs about $7,722 for Indiana Bachelor’s Degree Natural Sciences students with aid per year to attend IU East.

Read more about Natural Sciences at Indiana University - East

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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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