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2023 Best Value Biological Engineering Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

16 Colleges
$31,745 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$53,766 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Biological Engineering School for You

Biological Engineering is the #291 most popular major in the country with 410 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Biological Engineering Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in the United States to see which programs offered the best value experiences for biological engineering 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 Engineering Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Biological Engineering Colleges.

Top 10 Best Biological Engineering Schools

Our 2023 rankings named South Dakota State University the best value school in the United States for biological engineering students. South Dakota State is a fairly large public school located in the town of Brookings.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at South Dakota State are $12,809 a year.

South Dakota State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Biological Engineering Schools list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Biological Engineering Schools list. Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNL are $26,720 per year. After completing their degree, biological engineering graduates from UNL carry an average student debtload of $20,814.

UNL also claimed a spot on our Best Biological Engineering Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Biological Engineering at University of Nebraska - Lincoln

#3

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, MI
$24,735 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Oakland University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Biological Engineering Schools list. Oakland is a large public school located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Oakland are $24,735 a year.

Full Biological Engineering at Oakland University Report

#4

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Biological Engineering Schools list. UF is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville.

UF undergraduate students pay an average of $28,659 in tuition and fees each year. On average, biological engineering graduates from UF take out $22,574 in student loans while working on their degree.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UF also did well on our Best Biological Engineering Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on Biological Engineering at University of Florida

#5

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR
$26,390 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 16 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UARK are $26,390 per year. After completing their degree, biological engineering graduates from UARK carry an average student debtload of $17,844.

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University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value biological engineering programs. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

Mizzou undergraduate students pay an average of $30,450 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that biological engineering majors at Mizzou take out is $25,265. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $484, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

Mizzou also claimed a spot on our Best Biological Engineering Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

Full Biological Engineering at University of Missouri - Columbia Report

$29,438 Average Tuition & Fees

Arizona State University - Tempe came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Biological Engineering Schools ranking. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ASU - Tempe are $29,438 per year.

Full Biological Engineering at Arizona State University - Tempe Report

$28,635 Average Tuition & Fees

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for biological engineering students. It came in at #8 on the list. Louisiana State University is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Baton Rouge.

Louisiana State University undergraduate students pay an average of $28,635 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Biological Engineering at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Report

#9

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

University of Georgia did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for biological engineering students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UGA are $31,108 a year. While working on their degree, biological engineering majors at UGA accumulate an average of around $23,837 in student debt.

UGA excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Biological Engineering Schools list.

Full Biological Engineering at University of Georgia Report

University of California - San Diego landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value biological engineering programs. Located in the city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UCSD are $44,454 per year. On average, biological engineering graduates from UCSD take out $14,799 in student loans while working on their degree.

UCSD also claimed a spot on our Best Biological Engineering Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Biological Engineering at University of California - San Diego

Biological Engineering by Region

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Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Biological Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

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 Jun Seita.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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