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2023 Best Value General Biology Schools in Iowa

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$9,543 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$28,942 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Biology School for You

General Biology is the #41 most popular major in Iowa with 62 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 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 Iowa ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Iowa 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value General Biology Schools in Iowa

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

Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality in General Biology

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, IA
$9,053 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Northern Iowa the best value school in Iowa for general biology students. UNI is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Cedar Falls.

UNI undergraduate students pay an average of $9,053 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full General Biology at University of Northern Iowa Report

#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA
$9,942 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Iowa is a great value for general biology students. Iowa is a fairly large public school located in the city of Iowa City.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Iowa are $9,942 per year.

Iowa also took the #3 spot in our Best General Biology Schools in Iowa rankings.

Read full report on General Biology at University of Iowa

$9,634 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Iowa State University is a great value for general biology students. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Iowa State are $9,634 per year.

Full General Biology at Iowa State University Report

Best Value General Biology Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value General Biology Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 190
Minnesota 36
Kansas 52
Nebraska 101
North Dakota 12
South Dakota 31

One of 14 majors within the area of study, general biology has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 3 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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