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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

10 Colleges
$25,497 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. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in the Rocky Mountains 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 Rocky Mountains 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

Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Provo to be the best value school for biological and biomedical sciences students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Provo.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at BYU are $7,700 per year.

BYU also took the #4 spot in our Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.

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#2

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wyoming. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the town of Laramie, UW is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UW are $17,569 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CU Anschutz are $24,342 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, CU Anschutz is ranked #3 for overall quality for biological and biomedical sciences in the Rocky Mountains Region .

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#4

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a fairly large student population.

U of U graduate students pay an average of $25,705 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Utah State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. USU is a very large public school located in the small city of Logan.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at USU are $23,225 per year.

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Montana State 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 #6 on the list. Located in the remote town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public school with a large student population.

MSU Bozeman graduate students pay an average of $22,391 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Colorado Boulder landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree biological and biomedical sciences programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CU - Boulder are $33,953 per year.

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Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree biological and biomedical sciences programs. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Fort Collins.

Colorado State graduate students pay an average of $29,043 in tuition and fees each year.

Colorado State also took the #5 spot in our Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.

Full Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University - Fort Collins Report

#9

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

University of Idaho 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 #9 on the list. Located in the town of Moscow, U of I is a public college with a large student population.

U of I graduate students pay an average of $29,148 in tuition and fees each year.

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#10

The University of Montana

Missoula, MT

The University of Montana came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the small city of Missoula, UM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UM are $24,096 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 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 10 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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