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2023 Best Value Biological & Physical Science Graduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$26,779 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Biological & Physical Science Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 639 people earned a degree or certificate in biological and physical science, making the major the #163 most popular in the United States.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Biological & Physical Science Graduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for biological science 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Biological & Physical Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

Check out the biological science graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Biological & Physical Science

#1

Keck Graduate Institute

Claremont, CA

Our analysis found Keck Graduate Institute to be the best value school for biological and physical science students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. KGI is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Claremont.

KGI graduate students pay an average of $40,710 in tuition and fees each year.

KGI excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 1% of all schools on our Best Biological & Physical Science Graduate Certificate Schools list.

Read full report on Biological & Physical Science at Keck Graduate Institute

#2

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Kansas helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value biological and physical science schools in the United States. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

KU graduate students pay an average of $25,007 in tuition and fees each year.

KU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Biological & Physical Science Graduate Certificate Schools list.

Read full report on Biological & Physical Science at University of Kansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Biological & Physical Science Graduate Certificate Schools list. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Mizzou are $28,550 a year.

Mizzou excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Biological & Physical Science Graduate Certificate Schools list.

Read full report on Biological & Physical Science at University of Missouri - Columbia

Biological & Physical Science by Region

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

Biological & Physical Science is one of 36 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Biological Science

Related Major Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 2,491
Sustainability Science 1,547
Nutrition Science 1,496
Behavioral Science 1,358
Computational Science 1,063

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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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