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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$15,323 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,743 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 153 degrees and certificates were awarded to general biology students who went to a Louisiana college or university. This makes it the #18 most popular major in the state.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value General Biology Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Louisiana to see which master's degree 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 Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana

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

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

Our analysis found Southeastern Louisiana University to be the best value school for general biology students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Louisiana. Located in the small city of Hammond, Southeastern is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Southeastern are $8,768 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern University and A & M College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list. Southern University and A & M College is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Baton Rouge.

Southern University and A & M College graduate students pay an average of $10,658 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Louisiana State University - Shreveport is a great value for general biology students working on their master’s degree. Louisiana State University - Shreveport is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Shreveport.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Louisiana State University - Shreveport are $7,349 per year.

Louisiana State University - Shreveport also made our Best General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list, coming in at #3.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Louisiana Tech University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general biology schools in Louisiana. Louisiana Tech is a large public school located in the distant town of Ruston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Louisiana Tech are $7,959 a year.

Louisiana Tech not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list.

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#5

University of New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of New Orleans is a great value for general biology students working on their master’s degree. UNO is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of New Orleans.

UNO graduate students pay an average of $9,108 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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University of Louisiana at Lafayette did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general biology students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Lafayette, UL Lafayette is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UL Lafayette are $10,130 a year.

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University of Louisiana at Monroe came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking. ULM is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Monroe.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at ULM are $9,777 a year.

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Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general biology students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Louisiana State University is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Louisiana State University are $13,031 a year.

Louisiana State University not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list.

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Tulane University of Louisiana came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking. Located in the large city of New Orleans, Tulane is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Tulane are $61,130 per year.

Tulane also made our Best General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list, coming in at #1.

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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
Kentucky 94
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 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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