by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Biotech Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking.
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 the Southwest region, there were 247 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,691 and $20,250 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 86 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Biotech Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 11 colleges that offered a degree in biotechnology. To top this list, a school must have a successful biotechnology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree biotech students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Biotech Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 19 masters’s biotech degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 11 schools in the Most Well Attended Biotech Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston - Clear Lake landed the #2 spot on the list. UH Clear Lake is a medium-sized public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 15 masters’s biotech degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 11 schools in the Most Well Attended Biotech Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #3 spot on the list. Texas A&M College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 masters’s biotech degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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 94%.
Read full report on Biotechnology at Texas A&M College Station
Out of the 11 schools in the Most Well Attended Biotech Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center landed the #4 spot on the list. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is a public institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%.
Full Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Biotechnology Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Dallas. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Biotech Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. Located in Richardson, Texas, this large public school awarded 12 degrees to qualified masters’s biotech students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Biotechnology at The University of Texas at Dallas
The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Biotech Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s ranking. UTSA is a large school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 8 masters’s biotech degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Texas Tech University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Biotech Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #7. Texas Tech University is a public institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
The University of Texas at Tyler landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Biotech Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s ranking. Located in Tyler, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s biotech students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Biotechnology at The University of Texas at Tyler
Texas Woman’s University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Biotech Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s ranking. Texas Woman’s University is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Stephen F Austin State University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Biotech Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #9. SFASU is a fairly large school located in Nacogdoches, Texas that handed out 0 masters’s biotech degrees in 2020-2021.
University of St. Thomas landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Biotech Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s ranking. Houston, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s biotech degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.
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