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Best Value Biological Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region

2023 Best Value Biological Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$23,326 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,548 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.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for biological engineering 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Biological Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named South Dakota State University the best value school in the Plains States Region for biological engineering students. Located in the town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

South Dakota State undergraduate students pay an average of $12,809 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, South Dakota State is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Biological Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region 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 in the Plains States Region list. UNL is a very large public school located in the large city of Lincoln.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNL are $26,720 per year. Biological Engineering majors at UNL take out an average of $20,814 in student loans while working on their egree.

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

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The excellent programs at University of Missouri - Columbia helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best biological engineering schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Mizzou are $30,450 a year. While working on their degree, biological engineering majors at Mizzou accumulate an average of around $25,265 in student debt. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $484.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Mizzou also is in the top 10% of our Best Biological Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.

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Best Biological Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best biological engineering schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 24
Nebraska 53

More Biological Engineering Rankings in the Plains States Region

One of 40 majors within the area of study, biological engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 3 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.

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