by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Biological Sciences Major in District of Columbia for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 95,999 biology studies students received their degree, making the major the 6th most popular in the country.
Across District of Columbia, there were 434 biology studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 408 biology studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,584 and $27,317 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Biological Sciences Major in District of Columbia for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in biology studies. To top this list, a school must have a successful biology studies program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Biological Sciences Major in District of Columbia for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Biological Sciences Major in District of Columbia for a Bachelor’s list. Howard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 200 bachelors’s biological sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Biological Sciences Major in District of Columbia for a Bachelor’s list. George Washington University is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 113 bachelors’s biological sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Biological Sciences Major in District of Columbia for a Bachelor’s. Georgetown is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 26 bachelors’s biological sciences degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Biological Sciences Major in District of Columbia for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Catholic University of America landed the #4 spot on the list. CUA is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s biological sciences degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Biology Studies at Catholic University of America
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the District of Columbia. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Biological Sciences Major in District of Columbia for a Bachelor’s list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s biological sciences degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full University of the District of Columbia Biology Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Biological Sciences Major in District of Columbia for a Bachelor’s. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s biological sciences degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Trinity Washington University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Well Attended Biological Sciences Major in District of Columbia for a Bachelor’s list. Trinity Washington University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s biological sciences degrees to qualified students.
Gallaudet University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Biological Sciences Major in District of Columbia for a Bachelor’s ranking. Gallaudet is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s biological sciences degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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