2023 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in the Plains States Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Biotech Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 3,911 people earned their degree in biotechnology, making the major the 242nd most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 78 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 2 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Biotech Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in biotechnology. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in biotechnology.
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Most Well Attended Biotech Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree biotech students.
Top 3 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in the Plains States Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Biotech Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate. This small school is located in Aberdeen, South Dakota, and it awarded 2 associates’s biotech degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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 more about Biotechnology at NSU
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rochester Community and Technical College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Biotech Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate. Rochester, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s biotech degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Full Rochester Community and Technical College Biotechnology Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Butler Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Biotech Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate list. Butler CC is a medium-sized school located in El Dorado, Kansas that handed out 0 associates’s biotech degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Biotechnology at Butler CC
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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
- *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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