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2023 Best Value General Biology Doctor's Degree Schools in Louisiana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$37,081 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$63,040 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Biology Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 153 degrees and certificates were awarded to general biology students who went to a Louisiana college or university. This makes it the #18 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value General Biology Doctor's Degree Schools in Louisiana to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Louisiana to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for biology students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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

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

2023 Best Value General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for biology majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best Louisiana Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in General Biology

Our analysis found Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College to be the best value school for general biology students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Louisiana. Louisiana State University is a very large public school located in the city of Baton Rouge.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Louisiana State University are $13,031 per year.

Louisiana State University did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list.

Full General Biology at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Tulane University of Louisiana. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list. Located in the large city of New Orleans, Tulane 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 Tulane are $61,130 a year.

Tulane did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list.

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Best Value General Biology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value General Biology Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 426
Florida 341
Georgia 262
North Carolina 213
Tennessee 127
Kentucky 94
Alabama 232
South Carolina 173
Mississippi 222
Arkansas 30
West Virginia 49

General Biology is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 3,221
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 2,488
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 2,290
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 1,964
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) 1,922

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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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