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2023 Best Value Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$40,606 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$21,612 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Biotechnology Graduate Certificate School for You

Biotechnology is the #112 most popular major in the country with 1,567 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for biotech students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for biotech majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Biotechnology

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Our analysis found Purdue University - Main Campus to be the best value school for biotechnology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Purdue graduate students pay an average of $28,794 in tuition and fees each year.

Purdue excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

Read full report on Biotechnology at Purdue University - Main Campus

#2

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Ball State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small city of Muncie, Ball State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Ball State are $26,600 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Ball State also did well on our Best Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on Biotechnology at Ball State University

#3

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Out of the 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northwestern are $56,567 per year.

Northwestern also took the #1 spot in our Best Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region rankings.

Read full report on Biotechnology at Northwestern University

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value biotechnology schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U-M are $50,464 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, U-M also did well on our Best Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Biotechnology at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Report

Best Biotechnology Colleges by State

Explore the best biotechnology schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 3
Illinois 94
Indiana 13
Wisconsin 26

One of 14 majors within the area of study, biotechnology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Biology 8,920
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 3,221
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 2,488
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 2,290
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 1,964

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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 Henk Caspers/Naturalis Biodiversity Center.

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