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Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

2023 Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$48,120 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$25,992 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Biological & Biomedical Sciences is the #11 most popular major in Illinois with 5,068 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for biological and biomedical sciences students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Biological & Biomedical Sciences

#1

Lewis University

Romeoville, IL

Our analysis found Lewis University to be the best value school for biological and biomedical sciences students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Illinois. Located in the large suburb of Romeoville, Lewis is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Lewis undergraduate students pay an average of $35,472 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Northwestern University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value biological and biomedical sciences schools in Illinois. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northwestern are $60,768 per year.

Northwestern not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list.

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Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 3,164
Michigan 5,647
Ohio 5,700
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

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 2 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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