2023 Best Value Other Biological Sciences Schools in Illinois
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) School for You
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) is the #100 most popular major in Illinois with 260 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
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.
The Best Value Other Biological Sciences Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Illinois to see which programs offered the best value experiences for biomedical science 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.
Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in Other Biological Sciences
Our 2023 rankings named Illinois State University the best value school in Illinois for biological and biomedical sciences (other) students. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Illinois State are $13,968 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Illinois State also did well on our Best Other Biological Sciences Schools in Illinois list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Xavier University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Other Biological Sciences Schools in Illinois list. SXU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
SXU undergraduate students pay an average of $35,060 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Other Biological Sciences Schools in Illinois list. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UIUC are $17,634 per year. While working on their degree, biomedical science majors at UIUC accumulate an average of around $18,750 in student debt. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $394.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UIUC is ranked #3 for overall quality for biomedical science in Illinois.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Other Biological Sciences Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a fairly large student population.
UIC undergraduate students pay an average of $15,603 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Other Biological Sciences Schools in Illinois list. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.
Northwestern undergraduate students pay an average of $60,768 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Northwestern not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Other Biological Sciences Schools in Illinois list.
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With a ranking of #6, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science did quite well on this year’s best value schools for biological and biomedical sciences (other) students. RFUMS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of North Chicago.
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Explore all the Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 31 |
| Ohio | 68 |
| Indiana | 203 |
| Wisconsin | 3 |
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Majors Related to Biomedical Science
One of 14 majors within the area of study, biological and biomedical sciences (other) has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Biology | 107,165 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 14,535 |
| Neurobiology & Neurosciences | 11,615 |
| Physiology & Pathology Sciences | 8,813 |
| Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology | 7,247 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 6 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.