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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Sciences Major in Alabama” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Biology Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 6th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 95,999 degrees were awarded to students with this major.
Across Alabama, there were 1,400 biology studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 85 biology studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,476 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Sciences Major in Alabama” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in biology studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in biology studies.
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The biological sciences 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Sciences Major in Alabama”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Sciences Major in Alabama”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Jacksonville State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Sciences Major in Alabama. This medium-sized school is located in Jacksonville, Alabama, and it awarded 15 masters’s biological sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tuskegee University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Sciences Major in Alabama list. Tuskegee, Alabama is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s biological sciences degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Sciences Major in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Alabama A & M University landed the #3 spot on the list. Normal, Alabama is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s biological sciences degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alabama in Huntsville. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Sciences Major in Alabama list. Located in Huntsville, Alabama, this medium-sized public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified masters’s biological sciences students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Alabama State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Sciences Major in Alabama. Alabama State is located in Montgomery, Alabama and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s biological sciences degrees to qualified students.
University of Alabama at Birmingham landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Sciences Major in Alabama ranking. University of Alabama at Birmingham is located in Birmingham, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 masters’s biological sciences degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.
Auburn University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Sciences Major in Alabama ranking. Auburn University is a public institution located in Auburn, Alabama. The school has a large population, and it awarded 18 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
The University of Alabama did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Sciences Major in Alabama ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, this large public school handed out 19 diplomas to qualified masters’s biological sciences students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #9, University of South Alabama did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Sciences Major in Alabama list. Mobile, Alabama is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s biological sciences degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
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