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 Biotech Major in Pennsylvania” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Biotechnology is the 242nd most popular major in the country with 3,911 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 117 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,741 and $27,572 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biotech Major in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in biotechnology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their biotechnology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The biotech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biotech Major in Pennsylvania”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biotech Major in Pennsylvania”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biotech Major in Pennsylvania list. This medium-sized school is located in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s biotech degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Biotechnology at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Elizabethtown College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biotech Major in Pennsylvania. Located in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s biotech students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biotech Major in Pennsylvania. Harrisburg University of Science and Technology is a private not-for-profit institution located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Biotechnology at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Marywood University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biotech Major in Pennsylvania. This small school is located in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s biotech degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Thomas Jefferson University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biotech Major in Pennsylvania. Thomas Jefferson University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%.
Read full report on Biotechnology at Thomas Jefferson University
Cabrini University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biotech Major in Pennsylvania ranking. Cabrini University is a small school located in Radnor, Pennsylvania that handed out 0 bachelors’s biotech degrees in 2020-2021.
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