2023 Best Value General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Biology Graduate Certificate School for You
With 107,165 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general biology is the #5 most popular major in the United States.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for biology students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in General Biology
Our 2023 rankings named Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for general biology students working on their graduate certificate. IUPUI is a fairly large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at IUPUI are $26,529 per year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Oakland University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general biology schools in the Great Lakes Region . Oakland is a large public school located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Oakland are $24,648 per year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a great value for general biology students working on their graduate certificate. U-M is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U-M are $50,464 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, U-M also did well on our Best General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Request InformationBest General Biology Colleges by State
Explore the best general biology schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 2,795 |
| Ohio | 3,097 |
| Illinois | 2,864 |
| Indiana | 1,765 |
| Wisconsin | 1,970 |
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General Biology Related Majors for Biology
General Biology is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar to Biology
| 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).
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