by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 an Associate Highly Focused on Biology Major in New Jersey” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Biology is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 5th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 107,165 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, general biology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $28,334 and had an average of $23,818 in loans still to pay off.
Across New Jersey, there were 3,103 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,042 and $24,796 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 188 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,217 and $15,066 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biology Major in New Jersey” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in general biology. That schools that top this list have a program in general biology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The biology 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 an Associate Highly Focused on Biology Major in New Jersey”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biology Major in New Jersey”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cumberland County College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biology Major in New Jersey list. Cumberland County College is a small school located in Vineland, New Jersey that handed out 83 associates’s biology degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Essex County College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biology Major in New Jersey list. Essex County College is a public institution located in Newark, New Jersey. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 43 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Warren County Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biology Major in New Jersey. Washington, New Jersey is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s biology degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Biology at Warren County Community College
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biology Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Atlantic Cape Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Mays Landing, New Jersey, this small public school awarded 14 degrees to qualified associates’s biology students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biology Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Union County College landed the #5 spot on the list. Union County College is a medium-sized school located in Cranford, New Jersey that handed out 29 associates’s biology degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #6, Rowan College of South Jersey Gloucester Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biology Major in New Jersey list. This medium-sized school is located in Sewell, New Jersey, and it awarded 12 associates’s biology degrees in 2020-2021.
Salem Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biology Major in New Jersey ranking. Salem County College is a small school located in Carneys Point, New Jersey that handed out 2 associates’s biology degrees in 2020-2021.
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