2023 Best Value General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Biology Graduate Certificate School for You
General Biology is the #33 most popular major in the country with 8,920 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.
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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in the Southeast Region 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.
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.
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2023 Best Value General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for biology majors pursuing a graduate certificate.
Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in General Biology
Our 2023 rankings named Western Kentucky University the best value school in the Southeast Region for general biology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WKU are $18,340 a year.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a great value for general biology students working on their graduate certificate. UNC Charlotte is a fairly large public school located in the city of Charlotte.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNC Charlotte are $21,147 a year.
UNC Charlotte also claimed a spot on our Best General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
Out of the 9 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. NC State is a very large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.
NC State graduate students pay an average of $29,690 in tuition and fees each year.
NC State also claimed a spot on our Best General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Florida Atlantic University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. FAU is a very large public school located in the small city of Boca Raton.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at FAU are $18,482 a year.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at George Mason University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general biology schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at GMU are $37,956 a year.
GMU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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University of Alabama at Birmingham came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Birmingham, UAB is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UAB are $19,188 a year.
With a ranking of #7, Virginia Commonwealth University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general biology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Richmond, VCU is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at VCU are $29,546 per year.
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University of South Carolina - Columbia came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the city of Columbia, UofSC is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UofSC are $30,160 per year.
UofSC also claimed a spot on our Best General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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Florida International University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general biology students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Miami, FIU is a public school with a very large student population.
FIU graduate students pay an average of $24,211 in tuition and fees each year.
Best General Biology Colleges by State
Explore the best general biology colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Virginia | 426 |
| Florida | 341 |
| Georgia | 262 |
| North Carolina | 213 |
| Tennessee | 127 |
| Kentucky | 94 |
| Louisiana | 153 |
| Alabama | 232 |
| South Carolina | 173 |
| Mississippi | 222 |
| Arkansas | 30 |
| West Virginia | 49 |
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General Biology Related Majors for Biology
General Biology is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related 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 9 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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