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Best Value General Biology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

2023 Best Value General Biology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

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 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 in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region 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.

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 an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in General Biology

Our 2023 rankings named University of Akron Main Campus the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for general biology students working on their undergraduate certificate. University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Akron.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at University of Akron Main Campus are $11,880 a year.

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#2

Lewis University

Romeoville, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lewis University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Biology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Romeoville, Lewis is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Lewis undergraduate students pay an average of $35,472 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best 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

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 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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