2023 Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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 Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for biological and biomedical sciences students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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.
Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Biological & Biomedical Sciences
Our analysis found Oklahoma State University - Main Campus to be the best value school for biological and biomedical sciences students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . OSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Stillwater.
OSU graduate students pay an average of $24,175 in tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at El Paso landed the # 2 spot on the list. UTEP is a fairly large public school located in the city of El Paso.
UTEP graduate students pay an average of $16,621 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Arizona State University - Tempe is a great value for biological and biomedical sciences students working on their graduate certificate. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Tempe.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ASU - Tempe are $24,432 per year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at The University of Texas at Dallas helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value biological and biomedical sciences schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the midsize city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public school with a very large student population.
UT Dallas graduate students pay an average of $29,252 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a very large student population.
University of Arizona graduate students pay an average of $33,644 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of North Texas Health Science Center landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate biological and biomedical sciences programs. UNT Health Science Center is a small public school located in the city of Fort Worth.
UNT Health Science Center graduate students pay an average of $30,961 in tuition and fees each year.
Request InformationBest Biological & Biomedical Sciences Colleges by State
Explore the best biological and biomedical sciences schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Arizona | 3,582 |
| Texas | 13,714 |
| New Mexico | 740 |
| Oklahoma | 1,804 |
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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 6 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.