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Best Value General Biology Schools in North Dakota

2023 Best Value General Biology Schools in North Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$10,499 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,773 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Biology School for You

General Biology is one of the most popular subjects to study in North Dakota. With 289 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 9th 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 North Dakota ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in North Dakota to see which ones offered the best value programs for biology students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

Best North Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality in General Biology

$10,401 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named North Dakota State University - Main Campus the best value school in North Dakota for general biology students. Located in the medium-sized city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at North Dakota State University are $10,401 a year. After completing their degree, biology graduates from North Dakota State University carry an average student debtload of $25,000.

North Dakota State University also made our Best General Biology Schools in North Dakota list, coming in at #4.

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#2

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND
$10,596 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of North Dakota helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best general biology schools in North Dakota. UND is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Grand Forks.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UND are $10,596 per year. While working on their degree, biology majors at UND accumulate an average of around $24,386 in student debt.

UND did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best General Biology Schools in North Dakota 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
Missouri 2,000
Minnesota 1,745
Kansas 693
Iowa 805
Nebraska 757
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 2 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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