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2023 Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Master's Degree Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$11,735 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$45,402 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Master's Degree School for You

Biological & Biomedical Sciences is one of the most popular subjects to study in Iowa. With 237 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 10th out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Master's Degree Schools in Iowa ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Iowa to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for biological and biomedical sciences 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. 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 Biological & Biomedical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Biological & Biomedical Sciences

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

Our analysis found University of Iowa to be the best value school for biological and biomedical sciences students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Iowa. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Iowa graduate students pay an average of $12,065 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Iowa also took the #4 spot in our Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa rankings.

Read full report on Biological & Biomedical Sciences at University of Iowa

The excellent master’s degree programs at Iowa State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value biological and biomedical sciences schools in Iowa. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the city of Ames.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Iowa State are $11,404 per year.

Read full report on Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Iowa State University

Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 175
Missouri 426
Minnesota 363
North Dakota 56
Nebraska 226
South Dakota 42

Biological & Biomedical Sciences Majors to Study

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
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) 1,922
Biotechnology 1,567
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 1,509
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 1,244
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 1,241
Pharmacology & Toxicology 825
Genetics 717
Zoology 489
Botany/Plant Biology 371
Molecular Medicine 83

Related Major Annual Graduates
Engineering 61,791
Computer & Information Sciences 60,971
Mathematics & Statistics 15,127
Physical Sciences 12,705
Engineering Technologies 7,672

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Kelly White.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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