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2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major

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Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major

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In 2020-2021, 466 people earned their degree in environmental biology, making the major the 599th most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 407 environmental biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major” ranking looked at 58 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental biology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in environmental biology.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree environmental microbiology students.

Top 25 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Biology

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major list. Located in Syracuse, New York, this small public school awarded 36 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s environmental microbiology students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%.

Full SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Environmental Biology Report

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Principia College
Elsah, Illinois

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Principia College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major. Elsah, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s environmental microbiology degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

Full Principia College Environmental Biology Report

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Whitman College
Walla Walla, Washington

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Whitman College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major list. Whitman is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Walla Walla, Washington. It awarded 10 bachelors’s environmental microbiology degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Environmental Biology at Whitman College

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Keystone College
La Plume, Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Keystone College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major list. Keystone College is a private not-for-profit institution located in La Plume, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Environmental Biology at Keystone College

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Kuyper College
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Out of the 58 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Kuyper College landed the #5 spot on the list. Kuyper is a small school located in Grand Rapids, Michigan that handed out 1 bachelors’s environmental microbiology degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%. 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.

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With a ranking of #6, Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major list. Paul Smiths, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s environmental microbiology degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.

Full Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science Environmental Biology Report

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Wingate University
Wingate, North Carolina

With a ranking of #7, Wingate University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major list. Wingate University is located in Wingate, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s environmental microbiology degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Environmental Biology at Wingate University

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Tabor College
Hillsboro, Kansas

Tabor College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major ranking. Tabor College is a small school located in Hillsboro, Kansas that handed out 2 bachelors’s environmental microbiology degrees in 2020-2021.

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Colorado State University - Fort Collins ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major list. Colorado State is a large school located in Fort Collins, Colorado that handed out 102 bachelors’s environmental microbiology degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.

Full Colorado State University - Fort Collins Environmental Biology Report

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Elizabethtown College
Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania

Elizabethtown College ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major list. Elizabethtown College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. 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%.

Full Elizabethtown College Environmental Biology Report

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Cazenovia College
Cazenovia, New York

Cazenovia College landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major ranking. This small school is located in Cazenovia, New York, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s environmental microbiology degrees in 2020-2021.

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Blackburn College
Carlinville, Illinois

With a ranking of #12, Blackburn College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major list. Located in Carlinville, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s environmental microbiology students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Environmental Biology at Blackburn

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Friends University
Wichita, Kansas

Friends University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major ranking. Friends University is located in Wichita, Kansas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s environmental microbiology degrees to qualified students.

Full Friends University Environmental Biology Report

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DePauw University
Greencastle, Indiana

DePauw University landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major ranking. DePauw is a private not-for-profit institution located in Greencastle, Indiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 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.

Full DePauw Environmental Biology Report

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Drury University
Springfield, Missouri

Drury University ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major list. Drury University is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s environmental microbiology degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Environmental Biology at Drury University

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University of Dayton
Dayton, Ohio

University of Dayton ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major list. UDayton is located in Dayton, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 22 bachelors’s environmental microbiology degrees to qualified students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Environmental Biology at University of Dayton

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Cornerstone University
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Cornerstone University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major ranking. Cornerstone University is a small school located in Grand Rapids, Michigan that handed out 3 bachelors’s environmental microbiology degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Environmental Biology at Cornerstone

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Northwestern College
Orange City, Iowa

Northwestern College came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major ranking. Located in Orange City, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s environmental microbiology students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major ranking, coming in at #19. SMU MN is a small school located in Winona, Minnesota that handed out 9 bachelors’s environmental microbiology degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Environmental Biology at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota

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With a ranking of #20, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major list. Located in Pomona, California, this large public school awarded 30 degrees to qualified bachelors’s environmental microbiology students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Environmental Biology at California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

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East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania

East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major list. East Stroudsburg University is located in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s environmental microbiology degrees to qualified students.

Full East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania Environmental Biology Report

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Monmouth University
West Long Branch, New Jersey

Monmouth University ranked #22 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major list. Located in West Long Branch, New Jersey, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s environmental microbiology students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.

Read full report on Environmental Biology at Monmouth

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Mount Saint Mary's University
Los Angeles, California

Mount Saint Mary’s University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major ranking, coming in at #23. This small school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s environmental microbiology degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Environmental Biology at Mount Saint Mary’s University

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Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan

Michigan State University landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major ranking. Michigan State University is a large public school situated in East Lansing, Michigan. It awarded 47 bachelors’s environmental microbiology degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.

Read more about Environmental Biology at Michigan State University

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Illinois College
Jacksonville, Illinois

Illinois College landed the #25 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major ranking. Located in Jacksonville, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s environmental microbiology students in 2020-2021.

Full Illinois College Environmental Biology Report

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