by our College Data Analytics Team
[Human Biology](/majors/multi-interdisciplinary-studies/human-biology/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. A high-value program keeps cost low while graduates go on to earn well.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools to find the best return on investment for human biology students.
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If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the human biology degrees they offer, see the list below.
For return on investment in human biology, no school beat Johns Hopkins University this year. Johns Hopkins University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore. Students from in state pay about $64,730 in tuition and fees. Human Biology graduates carry a median of $12,138 in student loans. Early-career human biology graduates make about $19,916. That is a strong return on a $12,138 median debt. Roughly 6% of applicants are accepted.
This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 2 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.
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