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2023 Best Value General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$25,230 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$14,657 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Biology Graduate Certificate School for You

General Biology is the #56 most popular major in Michigan with 126 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Michigan to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for biology students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan

Check out the biology graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Michigan Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in General Biology

#1

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, MI

Our analysis found Oakland University to be the best value school for general biology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Michigan. Oakland is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Rochester Hills.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Oakland are $19,323 a year.

Full General Biology at Oakland University Report

Out of the 2 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the # 2 spot on the list. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.

U-M graduate students pay an average of $25,230 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

U-M also took the #2 spot in our Best General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan rankings.

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Best Value General Biology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value General Biology Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 441
Ohio 328
Indiana 200
Wisconsin 58

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

Majors Similar to Biology

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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