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 has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in Montana” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Montana, there were 305 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,208 and $25,254 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 299 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,324 and $24,992 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in Montana” ranking, we looked at 9 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.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in Montana”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rocky Mountain College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in Montana. Billings, Montana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s biology degrees to 26 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, Carroll College landed the #2 spot on the list. Carroll College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Helena, Montana. It awarded 34 bachelors’s biology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Providence. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in Montana. University of Providence is a small school located in Great Falls, Montana that handed out 16 bachelors’s biology degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana Technological University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in Montana. Montana Tech is a public institution located in Butte, Montana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Montana State University is a public institution located in Bozeman, Montana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 113 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Montana State University - Billings did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in Montana ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Billings, Montana, this small public school awarded 21 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s biology students in 2020-2021.
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The University of Montana did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in Montana ranking, coming in at #7. UM is a public institution located in Missoula, Montana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 67 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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The University of Montana - Western did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in Montana ranking, coming in at #8. Dillon, Montana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s biology degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Biology at The University of Montana - Western
Montana State University - Northern did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in Montana ranking, coming in at #9. Located in Havre, Montana, this small public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s biology students in 2020-2021.
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