2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Biology

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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Environmental Biology is the 599th most popular major in the country with 466 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 environmental biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in environmental biology. That schools that top this list have a program in environmental biology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The environmental microbiology 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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major”.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major”.

Top 4 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Biology

1

Morgan State University
Baltimore, Maryland

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Morgan State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major list. This medium-sized school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s environmental microbiology degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Environmental Biology at Morgan State

2

North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Fargo, North Dakota

Top 20% overall quality in United States

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Fargo, North Dakota, this fairly large public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s environmental microbiology students 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%.

Read full report on Environmental Biology at North Dakota State University

3

Dartmouth College
Hanover, New Hampshire

#22 overall quality in United States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dartmouth College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major. Dartmouth College is a medium-sized school located in Hanover, New Hampshire that handed out 2 doctorate’s environmental microbiology degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%. 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. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Dartmouth College Environmental Biology Report

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Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, Arizona

Top 25% overall quality in United States

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Environmental Microbiology Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #4 spot on the list. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 4 doctorate’s environmental microbiology degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Environmental Biology at Arizona State University - Tempe

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Ernst Haeckel.