2023 Most Well Attended Biometry/Biometrics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s

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In 2020-2021, 148 people earned their degree in biometry/biometrics, making the major the 926th most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 74 biometry/biometrics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 31 biometry/biometrics graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,572 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Biometry/Biometrics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in biometry/biometrics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular biometry/biometrics programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended Biometry/Biometrics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree biometry/biometrics students.

Top 3 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Biometry/Biometrics in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#2 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Biometry/Biometrics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Carnegie Mellon University landed the #1 spot on the list. Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It awarded 31 masters’s biometry/biometrics degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Biometry/Biometrics at Carnegie Mellon University

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Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

#5 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Biometry/Biometrics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s list. Ithaca, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s biometry/biometrics degrees to 34 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Biometry/Biometrics at Cornell University

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St John's University - New York
Queens, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St John’s University - New York. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Biometry/Biometrics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s list. STJ is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Queens, New York. It awarded 0 masters’s biometry/biometrics degrees in 2020-2021.

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%.

Read more about Biometry/Biometrics at St John’s University - New York

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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.

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