by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Molecular Biology Major in Connecticut for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 1,394 people earned their degree in molecular biology, making the major the 356th most popular in the United States.
Across Connecticut, there were 59 molecular biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 47 molecular biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,551 and $25,342 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Molecular Biology Major in Connecticut for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in molecular biology. To top this list, a school must have a successful molecular biology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Molecular Biology Major in Connecticut for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut bachelor’s degree molecular biology students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Connecticut State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Molecular Biology Major in Connecticut for a Bachelor’s. Located in New Britain, Connecticut, this medium-sized public school awarded 42 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s molecular biology students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Molecular Biology Major in Connecticut for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Connecticut College landed the #2 spot on the list. Connecticut College is a small school located in New London, Connecticut that handed out 5 bachelors’s molecular biology degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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