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2023 Best Value Biological & Physical Science Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$23,447 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Biological & Physical Science School for You

Biological & Physical Science is the #163 most popular major in the country with 639 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Biological & Physical Science Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for biological science students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 & Physical Science Schools in the Plains States Region

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

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Biological & Physical Science

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, IA

Our analysis found University of Northern Iowa to be the best value school for biological and physical science students who want to pursue a degree in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Cedar Falls, UNI is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNI are $19,753 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UNI is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Biological & Physical Science Schools in the Plains States Region list.

Read full report on Biological & Physical Science at University of Northern Iowa

#2

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS
$28,034 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

KU undergraduate students pay an average of $28,034 in tuition and fees each year.

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

Out of the 4 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the # 3 spot on the list. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the city of Columbia.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mizzou are $30,450 per year.

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

$15,550 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Missouri Western State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Biological & Physical Science Schools in the Plains States Region list. Missouri Western is a small public school located in the city of Saint Joseph.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Missouri Western are $15,550 per year.

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Best Biological & Physical Science Colleges by State

Explore the best biological and physical science colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 7
Iowa 11
Kansas 1
South Dakota 0

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

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 4 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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