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2023 Best Value Biological Engineering Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

11 Colleges
$33,078 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$53,766 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Biological Engineering School for You

Biological Engineering is the #270 most popular major in the country with 80 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Engineering Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the United States to see which programs offered the best value experiences for biological engineering 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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Biological Engineering Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Biological Engineering Colleges.

Top 10 Best Biological Engineering Schools

Our analysis found University of Nebraska - Lincoln to be the best value school for biological engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public college with a very large student population.

UNL undergraduate students pay an average of $26,720 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UNL also did well on our Best Biological Engineering Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Biological Engineering Schools list. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbia.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Mizzou are $30,450 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Mizzou is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Biological Engineering Schools list.

Read full report on Biological Engineering at University of Missouri - Columbia

$29,438 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Arizona State University - Tempe helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best biological engineering schools in the United States. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ASU - Tempe are $29,438 per year.

Read full report on Biological Engineering at Arizona State University - Tempe

$28,635 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best biological engineering schools in the United States. Louisiana State University is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Baton Rouge.

Louisiana State University undergraduate students pay an average of $28,635 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Biological Engineering at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Report

#5

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Georgia is a great value for biological engineering students. Located in the midsize city of Athens, UGA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UGA are $31,108 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UGA is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Biological Engineering Schools list.

Full Biological Engineering at University of Georgia Report

#6

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

Auburn University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for biological engineering students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Auburn, Auburn is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Auburn are $31,986 a year.

Auburn also claimed a spot on our Best Biological Engineering Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#7

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

Carnegie Mellon University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value biological engineering programs. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Carnegie Mellon are $58,524 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Carnegie Mellon is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Biological Engineering Schools list.

Full Biological Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University Report

Colorado School of Mines landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value biological engineering programs. Mines is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Golden.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mines are $40,838 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Mines also did well on our Best Biological Engineering Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#9

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ
$35,153 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Arizona ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Biological Engineering Schools list. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University of Arizona are $35,153 per year.

Full Biological Engineering at University of Arizona Report

#10

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID
$27,576 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #10, University of Idaho did quite well on this year’s best value schools for biological engineering students. Located in the town of Moscow, U of I is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at U of I are $27,576 a year.

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Biological Engineering by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 39 majors within the area of study, biological engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 11 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 Jun Seita.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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