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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

10 Colleges
$12,665 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$63,040 Avg Salary

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

With 871 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general biology is the #17 most popular major in Texas.

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value General Biology Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas ranking. This report analyzed 10 schools in Texas 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 Texas

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

Top 10 Best General Biology Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center the best value school in Texas for general biology students working on their doctor’s degree. TTUHSC is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Lubbock.

TTUHSC graduate students pay an average of $9,080 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of North Texas helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general biology schools in Texas. Located in the city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNT are $8,256 per year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at The University of Texas at Austin helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general biology schools in Texas. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

UT Austin graduate students pay an average of $12,050 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UT Austin not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Texas A&M College Station are $10,733 a year.

Texas A&M College Station also made our Best General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list, coming in at #4.

Full General Biology at Texas A&M University - College Station Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at El Paso. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. UTEP is a very large public school located in the city of El Paso.

UTEP graduate students pay an average of $7,166 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#6

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree general biology programs. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $9,518 per year.

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#7

University of Houston

Houston, TX

University of Houston came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas ranking. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UH are $9,727 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UH is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list.

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Southern Methodist University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree general biology programs. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Dallas.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SMU are $35,802 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, SMU also is in the top 15% of our Best General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas ranking.

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University of North Texas Health Science Center landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree general biology programs. UNT Health Science Center is a small public school located in the large city of Fort Worth.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNT Health Science Center are $11,039 per year.

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#10

Baylor University

Waco, TX

Baylor University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Baylor is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Waco.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Baylor are $37,674 a year.

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Best Value General Biology Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 170
Oklahoma 20
New Mexico 62

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 10 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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