by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biochemistry Major in Illinois” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology is the 64th most popular major in the country with 14,535 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $32,891 and had an average of $21,836 in loans still to pay off.
Across Illinois, there were 275 biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,128 and $22,708 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,317 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biochemistry Major in Illinois” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology. That schools that top this list have a program in biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biochemistry Major in Illinois”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biochemistry Major in Illinois list. SIUC is a fairly large school located in Carbondale, Illinois that handed out 9 masters’s biochemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biochemistry Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Bradley University landed the #2 spot on the list. Bradley University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Peoria, Illinois. It awarded 1 masters’s biochemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Chicago. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biochemistry Major in Illinois list. UChicago is a fairly large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 3 masters’s biochemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Loyola University Chicago. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biochemistry Major in Illinois. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 2 masters’s biochemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biochemistry Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science landed the #5 spot on the list. RFUMS is located in North Chicago, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s biochemistry degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Chicago. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biochemistry Major in Illinois. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this large public school handed out 59 diplomas to qualified masters’s biochemistry students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biochemistry Major in Illinois list. Champaign, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s biochemistry degrees to 30 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biochemistry Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois Institute of Technology landed the #5 spot on the list. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 3 masters’s biochemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
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