2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Biomedical Sciences in the New England Region
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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 Biomedical Sciences Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Biomedical Sciences is the 77th most popular major in the country with 11,166 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 648 general biomedical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 311 general biomedical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Sciences Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in general biomedical sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in general biomedical sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Sciences Major in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree biomedical sciences students.
Top 8 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Biomedical Sciences in the New England Region
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Sciences Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Durham, New Hampshire that handed out 150 bachelors’s general biomedical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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 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%.
Read full report on General Biomedical Sciences at UNH
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New England. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Sciences Major in the New England Region. This medium-sized school is located in Biddeford, Maine, and it awarded 47 bachelors’s general biomedical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of New England General Biomedical Sciences Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Sciences Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Salem State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Salem State is located in Salem, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 30 bachelors’s general biomedical sciences degrees to qualified students.
Full Salem State General Biomedical Sciences Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Sciences Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Quinnipiac University landed the #4 spot on the list. Quinnipiac is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hamden, Connecticut. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 37 bachelors’s 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about General Biomedical Sciences at Quinnipiac University
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Sciences Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New England College landed the #5 spot on the list. Henniker, New Hampshire is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general biomedical sciences degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
Full NEC General Biomedical Sciences Report
University of Rhode Island came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Sciences Major in the New England Region ranking. University of Rhode Island is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 34 bachelors’s general biomedical sciences degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.
Full University of Rhode Island General Biomedical Sciences Report
Beal College landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Sciences Major in the New England Region ranking. Beal College is a small school located in Bangor, Maine that handed out 1 bachelors’s general biomedical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about General Biomedical Sciences at Beal College
Saint Joseph’s College of Maine did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Sciences Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #8. This small school is located in Standish, Maine, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s general biomedical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Saint Joseph’s College of Maine General Biomedical Sciences Report
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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
- *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.
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