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Best Value General Biology Doctor's Degree Schools in Missouri

2023 Best Value General Biology Doctor's Degree Schools in Missouri

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$16,935 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$63,040 Avg Salary

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

General Biology is one of the most popular subjects to study in Missouri. With 2,000 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 7th out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value General Biology Doctor's Degree Schools in Missouri ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Missouri to see which doctor'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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

Best Missouri Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in General Biology

Our 2023 rankings named University of Missouri - St Louis the best value school in Missouri for general biology students working on their doctor’s degree. UMSL is a large public school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

UMSL graduate students pay an average of $12,528 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Missouri - Columbia helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general biology schools in Missouri. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mizzou are $11,255 per year.

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#3

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, MO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Louis University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri list. Located in the city of Saint Louis, SLU is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SLU are $22,614 per year.

SLU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri list.

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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
Minnesota 1,745
Kansas 693
Iowa 805
Nebraska 757
North Dakota 289
South Dakota 347

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 3 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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