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2023 Best Value General Biology Master's Degree Schools in Kentucky

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$11,870 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,743 Avg Salary

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

General Biology is the #32 most popular major in Kentucky with 94 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 can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value General Biology Master's Degree Schools in Kentucky ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Kentucky to see which ones offered the best value master'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 Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky

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

Best Kentucky Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in General Biology

Our analysis found Murray State University to be the best value school for general biology students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Kentucky. Located in the remote town of Murray, Murray State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Murray State are $9,882 per year.

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Out of the 5 schools in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Kentucky University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Eastern is a large public school located in the town of Richmond.

Eastern graduate students pay an average of $10,200 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Louisville helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general biology schools in Kentucky. Located in the large city of Louisville, UofL is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UofL are $13,725 a year.

UofL not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list.

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#4

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Kentucky University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at WKU are $12,140 per year.

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#5

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the city of Lexington, UK is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UK are $13,674 a year.

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Best Value General Biology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value General Biology Schools 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
Louisiana 153
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 5 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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