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2023 Best Value Other Biological Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Tennessee

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$32,771 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$50,413 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 140 degrees and certificates were awarded to biological and biomedical sciences (other) students who went to a Tennessee college or university. This makes it the #29 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 Tennessee ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Tennessee to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for biomedical science 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. 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 Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for biomedical science majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best Tennessee Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Other Biological Sciences

Our analysis found The University of Tennessee - Knoxville to be the best value school for biological and biomedical sciences (other) students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Tennessee. Located in the midsize city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Knoxville are $13,380 per year.

UT Knoxville also made our Best Other Biological Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list, coming in at #5.

Read full report on Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

#2

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Vanderbilt University is a great value for biological and biomedical sciences (other) students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Vanderbilt are $52,162 per year.

Vanderbilt did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Other Biological Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list.

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

Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 162
Florida 654
Georgia 6
North Carolina 18
Kentucky 0
Louisiana 3
Alabama 7
Mississippi 84
Arkansas 46

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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