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2023 Best Value General Biology Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$23,676 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$25,992 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Biology Undergraduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 107,165 general biology students received their degrees and certificates, making the major the #5 most popular in the country.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value General Biology Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for biology students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the United States

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

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in General Biology

Our analysis found University of Akron Main Campus to be the best value school for general biology students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the United States. University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Akron.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University of Akron Main Campus are $11,880 per year.

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#2

Lewis University

Romeoville, IL

Out of the 2 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Lewis University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Romeoville, Lewis is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Lewis are $35,472 a year.

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General Biology by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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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