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2023 Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

33 Colleges
$24,843 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$28,171 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor's Degree School for You

With 177,778 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, biological and biomedical sciences is the #9 most popular major in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 33 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for biological and biomedical sciences 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.

2023 Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for biological and biomedical sciences majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Top 10 Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Brigham Young University - Idaho the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for biological and biomedical sciences students working on their bachelor’s degree. BYU - I is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the town of Rexburg.

BYU - I undergraduate students pay an average of $4,416 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Provo.

BYU undergraduate students pay an average of $6,120 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, BYU is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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Out of the 33 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Weber State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Ogden, WSU is a public college with a very large student population.

WSU undergraduate students pay an average of $16,644 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Wyoming helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value biological and biomedical sciences schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the town of Laramie, UW is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UW are $16,957 per year.

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Out of the 33 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Pueblo landed the # 5 spot on the list. Colorado State University - Pueblo is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Pueblo.

Colorado State University - Pueblo undergraduate students pay an average of $15,659 in tuition and fees each year.

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Utah Valley University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the small city of Orem, UVU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UVU are $17,092 per year.

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#7

Adams State University

Alamosa, CO

Adams State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the town of Alamosa, Adams State is a public college with a small student population.

Adams State undergraduate students pay an average of $17,933 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for biological and biomedical sciences students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public school with a fairly large student population.

CU Anschutz undergraduate students pay an average of $26,376 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Colorado at Colorado Springs came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. UCCS is a large public school located in the large city of Colorado Springs.

UCCS undergraduate students pay an average of $22,270 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Northern Colorado did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for biological and biomedical sciences students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. University of Northern Colorado is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Greeley.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University of Northern Colorado are $23,785 per year.

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Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best biological and biomedical sciences schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 3,671
Utah 1,936
Montana 606
Idaho 891
Wyoming 283

Biological & Biomedical Sciences Majors to Study

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
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 6,206
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 4,566
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) 4,420
Biotechnology 3,911
Zoology 2,984
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 2,957
Genetics 1,543
Pharmacology & Toxicology 1,042
Botany/Plant Biology 691
Molecular Medicine 83

Majors Similar to Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 254,454
Engineering 198,468
Engineering Technologies 85,188
Mathematics & Statistics 52,396
Physical Sciences 50,306

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Kelly White.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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