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2023 Best Value Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$56,567 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$21,612 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Biotechnology Graduate Certificate School for You

With 94 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, biotechnology is the #98 most popular major in Illinois.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking.

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

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

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Biotechnology Graduate Certificate School

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our analysis found Northwestern University to be the best value school for biotechnology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Illinois. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Northwestern are $56,567 a year.

Northwestern did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list.

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Best Value Biotechnology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Biotechnology Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 3
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 values are for the top school 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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