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. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 466 people earned their degree in environmental biology, making the major the 599th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 44 environmental biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 35 environmental biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental biology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their environmental biology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 Plains States Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tabor College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Hillsboro, Kansas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s environmental microbiology students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Friends University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major in the Plains States Region list. 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.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drury University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major in the Plains States Region. This small school is located in Springfield, Missouri, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s environmental microbiology degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Orange City, Iowa, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s environmental microbiology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota landed the #5 spot on the list. Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota is a private not-for-profit institution located in Winona, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.
Washburn University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Washburn University is a medium-sized school located in Topeka, Kansas that handed out 3 bachelors’s environmental microbiology degrees in 2020-2021.
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Washington University in St Louis came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major in the Plains States Region ranking. WUSTL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s environmental microbiology degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, 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 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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