by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biotech Major in New Jersey” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Biotechnology is the 174th most popular major in the country with 3,911 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, biotechnology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $52,907 and had an average of $20,555 in loans still to pay off.
Across New Jersey, there were 63 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,508 and $27,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 43 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,273 and $26,463 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biotech Major in New Jersey” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in biotechnology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in biotechnology.
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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 New Jersey”.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey bachelor’s degree biotech students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biotech Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Peter’s University landed the #1 spot on the list. Jersey City, New Jersey is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s biotech degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biotech Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, William Paterson University of New Jersey landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Wayne, New Jersey, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s biotech degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Biotechnology at William Paterson University of New Jersey
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biotech Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and it awarded 32 bachelors’s biotech degrees 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 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Biotechnology at Rutgers University - New Brunswick
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