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. 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 Biology Major in Utah for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Utah, there were 829 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,468 and $16,097 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,613 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Biology Major in Utah for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general biology. To top this list, a school must have a successful general biology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Biology Major in Utah for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for utah master’s degree biology students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Biology Major in Utah for a Master’s list. USU is a large public school situated in Logan, Utah. It awarded 4 masters’s biology degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Biology Major in Utah for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, this large public 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 89%. 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%.
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