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2023 Best Value Neurobiology & Neurosciences Schools in the Plains States Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$36,615 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,832 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Neurobiology & Neurosciences School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, neurobiology and neurosciences was ranked #127 in the country. In fact 1,241 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Neurobiology & Neurosciences Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Plains States Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for neurobiology students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Neurobiology & Neurosciences Schools in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Neurobiology & Neurosciences Colleges.

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Neurobiology & Neurosciences

#1

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS
$28,034 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Kansas the best value school in the Plains States Region for neurobiology and neurosciences students. KU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Lawrence.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at KU are $28,034 per year.

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#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Neurobiology & Neurosciences Schools in the Plains States Region list. Iowa is a very large public school located in the city of Iowa City.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Iowa are $31,905 per year.

Iowa excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Neurobiology & Neurosciences Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a great value for neurobiology and neurosciences students. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public school located in the city of Minneapolis.

UMN Twin Cities undergraduate students pay an average of $33,818 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UMN Twin Cities also did well on our Best Neurobiology & Neurosciences Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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The excellent programs at University of Missouri - Columbia helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best neurobiology and neurosciences schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public school with a very large student population.

Mizzou undergraduate students pay an average of $30,450 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Neurobiology & Neurosciences at University of Missouri - Columbia Report

Out of the 5 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the # 5 spot on the list. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WUSTL are $58,866 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, WUSTL is ranked #4 for overall quality for neurobiology in the Plains States Region .

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Best Neurobiology & Neurosciences Colleges by State

Explore the best neurobiology and neurosciences schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 17
Minnesota 13
Iowa 8
Kansas 2
Nebraska 0

More Neurobiology & Neurosciences Rankings in the Plains States Region

One of 14 majors within the area of study, neurobiology and neurosciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Biology 8,920
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 3,221
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 2,488
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 2,290
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 1,964

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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