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2023 Best Value Other Biological Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$58,204 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$50,413 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) Doctor's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, biological and biomedical sciences (other) was ranked #93 in the country. In fact 1,922 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Other Biological Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for biomedical science students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Other Biological Sciences

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Our analysis found Stanford University to be the best value school for biological and biomedical sciences (other) students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Far Western US Region . Stanford is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Stanford.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Stanford are $55,011 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Stanford is ranked #1 for overall quality for biomedical science in the Far Western US Region .

Read full report on Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) at Stanford University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Other Biological Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

USC graduate students pay an average of $61,396 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, USC is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Other Biological Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

Full Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) at University of Southern California Report

Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) Colleges by State

Explore the best biological and biomedical sciences (other) schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 13
Washington 0

Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

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 2 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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