by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Epidemiology Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 2,305 people earned their degree in epidemiology, making the major the 280th most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 123 epidemiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Epidemiology Major” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in epidemiology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their epidemiology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Epidemiology Major” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Epidemiology Major”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Epidemiology Major. Located in Denver, Colorado, this large public school awarded 85 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s epidemiology students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Epidemiology Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #2 spot on the list. BYU is a large school located in Provo, Utah that handed out 17 bachelors’s epidemiology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Epidemiology at Brigham Young University - Provo
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Bloomington. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Epidemiology Major list. Indiana University - Bloomington is a large school located in Bloomington, Indiana that handed out 18 bachelors’s epidemiology degrees in 2020-2021.
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 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Epidemiology at Indiana University - Bloomington
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rochester. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Epidemiology Major list. University of Rochester is located in Rochester, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s epidemiology degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dordt University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Epidemiology Major list. This small school is located in Sioux Center, Iowa, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s epidemiology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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