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. 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 Environmental Microbiology Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Environmental Biology is the 599th most popular major in the country with 466 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 95 environmental biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 92 environmental biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 12 colleges that offered a degree in environmental biology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in environmental biology.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Principia College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major in the Great Lakes Region. Principia is a small school located in Elsah, Illinois that handed out 4 bachelors’s environmental microbiology degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kuyper College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major in the Great Lakes Region. Kuyper College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It awarded 1 bachelors’s environmental microbiology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Blackburn College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major in the Great Lakes Region 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.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DePauw University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in Greencastle, Indiana, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s environmental microbiology degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Dayton. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major in the Great Lakes Region. Dayton, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s environmental microbiology degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #6, Cornerstone University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Grand Rapids, Michigan 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.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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 freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Environmental Biology at Cornerstone University
With a ranking of #7, Michigan State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Michigan State University is a public institution located in East Lansing, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 47 bachelors’s 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #8, Illinois College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Illinois College is a small school located in Jacksonville, Illinois that handed out 1 bachelors’s environmental microbiology degrees in 2020-2021.
Greenville University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #9. Greenville University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Greenville, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, 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.
Grace College and Theological Seminary ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Grace College is located in Winona Lake, Indiana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s environmental microbiology degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Environmental Biology at Grace College and Theological Seminary
Ferris State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #11. Ferris State University is located in Big Rapids, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s environmental microbiology degrees to qualified students.
Viterbo University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Viterbo is a private not-for-profit institution located in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s 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%.
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