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2023 Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

18 Colleges
$31,340 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$59,044 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Doctor'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. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 18 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which doctor'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 Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

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

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

#1

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

Our 2023 rankings named San Diego State University the best value school in the Far Western US Region for biological and biomedical sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of San Diego, SDSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SDSU are $19,074 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Berkeley. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the city of Berkeley.

UC Berkeley graduate students pay an average of $29,262 in tuition and fees each year.

UC Berkeley also took the #3 spot in our Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region rankings.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Nevada - Reno is a great value for biological and biomedical sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Reno, UNR is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNR are $22,380 per year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Washington State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value biological and biomedical sciences schools in the Far Western US Region . Wazzu is a very large public school located in the town of Pullman.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Wazzu are $28,190 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Los Angeles. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UCLA is a very large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCLA are $28,138 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UCLA also is in the top 20% of our Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking.

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With a ranking of #6, University of California - Davis did quite well on this year’s best value schools for biological and biomedical sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the suburb of Davis.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Davis are $28,710 per year.

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University of California - Santa Barbara did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for biological and biomedical sciences students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. UCSB is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Santa Barbara.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCSB are $28,683 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UCSB also is in the top 20% of our Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking.

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Oregon Health & Science University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for biological and biomedical sciences students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. OHSU is a small public school located in the city of Portland.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at OHSU are $28,460 a year.

Full Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Oregon Health & Science University Report

#8

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Stanford University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for biological and biomedical sciences students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Stanford are $55,011 per year.

Stanford also took the #1 spot in our Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region rankings.

Full Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Stanford University Report

University of California - Santa Cruz did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for biological and biomedical sciences students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the small city of Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UC Santa Cruz are $28,997 a 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 Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 23,421
Washington 3,479
Oregon 1,766
Hawaii 496
Nevada 828
Alaska 113

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 18 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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