2023 Most Well Attended Population Biology Major for a Master’s

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In 2020-2021, 15 people earned their degree in population biology, making the major the 1371st most popular in the United States.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 population biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Population Biology Major for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in population biology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular population biology programs in the United States.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Population Biology Major for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Population Biology Major for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Population Biology

1

Texas State University
San Marcos, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Population Biology Major for a Master’s list. Texas State University is a large school located in San Marcos, Texas that handed out 2 masters’s population biology degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Population Biology at Texas State University

2

University of California - Davis
Davis, California

Top 10% overall quality in United States

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Population Biology Major for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Davis landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Davis, California, this large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s population biology students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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 Population Biology at UC Davis

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.