2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Molecular Biology Major in the Plains States Region

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In 2020-2021, 1,394 people earned their degree in molecular biology, making the major the 356th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 41 molecular biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 molecular biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Molecular Biology Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in molecular biology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their molecular biology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Molecular Biology Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree molecular biology students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Molecular Biology in the Plains States Region

1

University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Top 15% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Molecular Biology Major in the Plains States Region list. Lawrence, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s molecular biology degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Kansas Molecular Biology Report

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#4 overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Molecular Biology Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #2 spot on the list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s molecular biology degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Molecular Biology at UMN Twin Cities

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Molecular Biology

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.