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2023 Best Value General Biology Schools in Nevada

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$7,850 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,019 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Biology School for You

In 2020-2021, general biology students earned 561 degrees and certificates from a Nevada school, making the subject the 9th in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value General Biology Schools in Nevada ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Nevada to see which 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.

2023 Best Value General Biology Schools in Nevada

The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Biology Colleges.

Best Nevada Schools for Affordable Quality in General Biology

#1

Nevada State College

Henderson, NV
$6,075 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Nevada State College the best value school in Nevada for general biology students. NSC is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Henderson.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NSC are $6,075 per year. While working on their degree, biology majors at NSC accumulate an average of around $20,641 in student debt.

NSC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best General Biology Schools in Nevada list.

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$8,737 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Nevada - Reno. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value General Biology Schools in Nevada list. Located in the large city of Reno, UNR is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNR are $8,737 per year. On average, biology graduates from UNR take out $21,296 in student loans while working on their degree. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $304, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

UNR not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best General Biology Schools in Nevada list.

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$8,737 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in Nevada that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Las Vegas landed the # 3 spot on the list. UNLV is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Las Vegas.

UNLV undergraduate students pay an average of $8,737 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, biology graduates from UNLV take out $19,682 in student loans while working on their degree. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $138.

UNLV did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best General Biology Schools in Nevada list.

Read full report on General Biology at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

Best Value General Biology Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
California 14,026
Washington 1,675
Oregon 969
Hawaii 253
Alaska 98

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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