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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biostatistics Major” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 1,275 people earned their degree in biostatistics, making the major the 382nd most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 49 biostatistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biostatistics Major” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree in biostatistics. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in biostatistics.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biostatistics Major” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biostatistics Major”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emmanuel College Massachusetts. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biostatistics Major list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s biostatistics students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Scranton. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biostatistics Major list. This small school is located in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s biostatistics degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biostatistics Major list. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 28 bachelors’s biostatistics degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biostatistics Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s biostatistics students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biostatistics Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Simmons University landed the #5 spot on the list. Simmons is a medium-sized school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 1 bachelors’s biostatistics degrees in 2020-2021.
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. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%.
Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biostatistics Major ranking, coming in at #6. Indianapolis, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s biostatistics degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Biostatistics at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis
Brigham Young University - Idaho did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biostatistics Major ranking, coming in at #7. BYU - I is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Rexburg, Idaho. It awarded 2 bachelors’s biostatistics degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Biostatistics at Brigham Young University - Idaho
Brigham Young University - Provo ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biostatistics Major list. Located in Provo, Utah, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s biostatistics students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
Carnegie Mellon University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biostatistics Major ranking, coming in at #9. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s biostatistics students in 2020-2021.
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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Duke University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biostatistics Major ranking. Duke University is located in Durham, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 32 bachelors’s biostatistics degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.3% 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 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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