If you're seeking a degree in biometry/biometrics, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #926 one in the country in terms of popularity.While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
College Factual reviewed 6 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of biometry/biometrics. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 148 degrees in biometry/biometrics during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of biometry/biometrics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for biometry/biometrics schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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Best Schools for Biometry/Biometrics in the United States
The schools below may not offer all types of biometry/biometrics degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Cornell University is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in biometry/biometrics. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were approximately 34 biometry/biometrics students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent data year.
University of Wisconsin - Madison is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in biometry/biometrics. UW - Madison is a very large public university located in the large city of Madison. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were roughly 1 biometry/biometrics students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent data year.
North Carolina State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in biometry/biometrics. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #92 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means NC State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 5 biometry/biometrics students who graduated with this degree at NC State in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in biometry/biometrics needs to take a look at George Mason University. Located in the large suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 26 biometry/biometrics students who graduated with this degree at GMU in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Arizona State University - Tempe if you wish to pursue a degree in biometry/biometrics. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were approximately 16 biometry/biometrics students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were roughly 8 biometry/biometrics students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers New Brunswick in the most recent year we have data available.
WVU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Morgantown. This university ranks 2nd out of 28 schools for overall quality in the state of West Virginia.
There were about 13 biometry/biometrics students who graduated with this degree at WVU in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
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