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2023 Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$28,050 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,354 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Check out the biological and biomedical sciences graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Our 2023 rankings named San Jose State University the best value school in the Far Western US Region for biological and biomedical sciences students working on their graduate certificate. San Jose State is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Jose.

San Jose State graduate students pay an average of $18,790 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means California State University - Long Beach is a great value for biological and biomedical sciences students working on their graduate certificate. CSULB is a very large public school located in the large city of Long Beach.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CSULB are $17,784 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend California State University - Los Angeles. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Cal State LA are $17,723 a year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Portland State University is a great value for biological and biomedical sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Portland, Portland State University is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Portland State University are $24,009 per year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Washington State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value biological and biomedical sciences schools in the Far Western US Region . Wazzu is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Pullman.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Wazzu are $28,190 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Wazzu also is in the top 20% of our Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking.

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Oregon Health & Science University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate biological and biomedical sciences programs. OHSU is a small public school located in the city of Portland.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at OHSU are $28,460 per year.

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University of Southern California ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at USC are $61,396 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, USC also did well on our Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best biological and biomedical sciences colleges 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 7 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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