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2023 Best Value Biological & Physical Science Graduate Certificate Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$26,779 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Biological & Physical Science Graduate Certificate School for You

Biological & Physical Science is the #38 most popular major in the country with 30,075 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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Biological & Physical Science Graduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for biological science 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.

2023 Best Value Biological & Physical Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Biological & Physical Science Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Biological & Physical Science

#1

Keck Graduate Institute

Claremont, CA

Our analysis found Keck Graduate Institute to be the best value school for biological and physical science students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. Located in the large suburb of Claremont, KGI is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

KGI graduate students pay an average of $40,710 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, KGI also is in the top 1% of our Best Biological & Physical Science Graduate Certificate Schools ranking.

Read full report on Biological & Physical Science at Keck Graduate Institute

#2

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Kansas helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value biological and physical science schools in the United States. KU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Lawrence.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at KU are $25,007 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, KU is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Biological & Physical Science Graduate Certificate Schools list.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Missouri - Columbia is a great value for biological and physical science students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a very large student population.

Mizzou graduate students pay an average of $28,550 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Mizzou also did well on our Best Biological & Physical Science Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Biological & Physical Science at University of Missouri - Columbia Report

Biological & Physical Science by Region

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

One of 44 majors within the area of study, biological and physical science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 34,975
Interdisciplinary Studies 9,074
International Studies 7,368
Nutrition Science 5,330
Behavioral Science 4,169

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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