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2023 Best Value General Biology Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$8,916 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$22,748 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Biology Associate Degree School for You

General Biology is one of the most popular subjects to study in South Dakota. With 347 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 4th out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value General Biology Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value General Biology Associate Degree Colleges.

Best General Biology Associate Degree School

Our analysis found Black Hills State University to be the best value school for general biology students who want to pursue a associate degree in South Dakota. Located in the distant town of Spearfish, BHSU is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at BHSU are $8,916 a year. On average, biology graduates from BHSU take out $16,196 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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Best Value General Biology Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value General Biology Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 2,000
Minnesota 1,745
Kansas 693
Iowa 805
Nebraska 757
North Dakota 289

General Biology is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 14,535
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 11,615
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 8,813
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 7,247
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 6,206

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school only.

  • 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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