2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Biology in District of Columbia

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With 107,165 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, general biology is the 5th most popular major in the United States. 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 District of Columbia, there were 478 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,021 and $23,500 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 23 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,645 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general biology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general biology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia master’s degree biology students.

Top 5 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Biology in District of Columbia

1

Catholic University of America
Washington, District of Columbia

#4 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Catholic University of America landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s biology students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full CUA General Biology Report

2

George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in District of Columbia list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s biology degrees to 15 students 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%.

Read full report on General Biology at GWU

3

American University
Washington, District of Columbia

#3 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in District of Columbia list. American University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full American University General Biology Report

4

Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia

#6 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the #4 spot on the list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s biology degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Howard University General Biology Report

5

Georgetown University
Washington, District of Columbia

#1 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #5 spot on the list. Georgetown University is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 60 masters’s biology degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Full Georgetown General Biology 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

Footnotes

• *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.