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2023 Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

16 Colleges
$26,954 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in the Great Lakes 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 Great Lakes 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.

Top 10 Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Illinois State University to be the best value school for biological and biomedical sciences students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Illinois State are $11,773 a year.

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Out of the 16 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Valley State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. GVSU is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Allendale.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at GVSU are $17,904 a year.

Full Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Grand Valley State University Report

Out of the 16 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bowling Green State University - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

BGSU graduate students pay an average of $15,823 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, IN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small city of Terre Haute, Indiana State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Indiana State are $15,562 a year.

Full Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Indiana State University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Benedictine University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Lisle, Benedictine U is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Benedictine U are $19,640 a year.

Full Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Benedictine University Report

#6

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Purdue University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for biological and biomedical sciences students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Purdue are $28,794 a year.

Purdue excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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Ohio University - Athens Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for biological and biomedical sciences students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. OHIO Athens is a very large public school located in the town of Athens.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at OHIO Athens are $17,712 a year.

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With a ranking of #8, Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis did quite well on this year’s best value schools for biological and biomedical sciences students working on their graduate certificate. IUPUI is a very large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

IUPUI graduate students pay an average of $26,529 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #9, Wright State University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for biological and biomedical sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Dayton, Wright State University - Main Campus is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Wright State University - Main Campus are $24,286 a year.

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#10

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

Ball State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Ball State is a very large public school located in the city of Muncie.

Ball State graduate students pay an average of $26,600 in tuition and fees each year.

Ball State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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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 Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 3,164
Michigan 5,647
Ohio 5,700
Illinois 5,068
Wisconsin 3,449

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 16 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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