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2023 Best Value General Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arizona

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$12,657 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,375 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Biology Bachelor's Degree School for You

General Biology is the #12 most popular major in Arizona with 2,191 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value General Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arizona to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Arizona to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for biology students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

2023 Best Value General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for biology majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Best Arizona Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in General Biology

Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Skysong the best value school in Arizona for general biology students working on their bachelor’s degree. ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ASU - Skysong are $10,818 per year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, biology majors at ASU - Skysong accumulate an average of around $22,440 in student debt. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $288, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

ASU - Skysong not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona list.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Arizona State University - Tempe helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general biology schools in Arizona. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the city of Tempe.

ASU - Tempe undergraduate students pay an average of $11,348 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Biology majors at ASU - Tempe take out an average of $22,440 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $288, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northern Arizona University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona list. Located in the small city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NAU are $11,527 per year. The average amount in student loans that biology majors at NAU take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $21,663. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $299.

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#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Arizona helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general biology schools in Arizona. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at University of Arizona are $12,404 a year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, biology majors at University of Arizona accumulate an average of around $22,203 in student debt.

Full General Biology at University of Arizona Report

#5

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Grand Canyon University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general biology schools in Arizona. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Grand Canyon University are $17,189 a year. On average, biology graduates from Grand Canyon University take out $26,046 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. For students who choose a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly student loan payment is $181.

Grand Canyon University also made our Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona list, coming in at #5.

Full General Biology at Grand Canyon University Report

Best Value General Biology Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 9,573
Oklahoma 729
New Mexico 576

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 averages are for the top 5 schools 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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