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2023 Best Value General Biology Schools in Wisconsin

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$18,076 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,604 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Biology School for You

In 2020-2021, 58 degrees and certificates were awarded to general biology students who went to a Wisconsin college or university. This makes it the #50 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 General Biology Schools in Wisconsin ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Wisconsin to see which programs offered the best value experiences for biology students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Schools in Wisconsin

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

Best Wisconsin Schools for Affordable Quality in General Biology

$9,195 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Wisconsin - La Crosse to be the best value school for general biology students who want to pursue a degree in Wisconsin. Located in the city of La Crosse, UW - La Crosse is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UW - La Crosse undergraduate students pay an average of $9,195 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UW - La Crosse also took the #4 spot in our Best General Biology Schools in Wisconsin rankings.

Full General Biology at University of Wisconsin - La Crosse Report

$7,733 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh is a great value for general biology students. Located in the small city of Oshkosh, UW Oshkosh is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UW Oshkosh are $7,733 per year.

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$9,610 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value General Biology Schools in Wisconsin list. UWM is a very large public school located in the city of Milwaukee.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UWM are $9,610 a year.

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#4

Marquette University

Milwaukee, WI
$45,766 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marquette University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value General Biology Schools in Wisconsin list. Located in the city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Marquette are $45,766 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Marquette also did well on our Best General Biology Schools in Wisconsin list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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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
Michigan 126
Illinois 441
Ohio 328
Indiana 200

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 4 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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