General Biology is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #5 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Alaska to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of general biology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 98 degrees in general biology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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 Best General Biology Schools in Alaska list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of biology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Any student who is interested in general biology has to look into University of Alaska Fairbanks. Located in the small suburb of Fairbanks, UAF is a public university with a medium-sized student population.
Students who graduate with their degree from the biology program report average early career income of $21,760.
It is difficult to beat University of Alaska Anchorage if you wish to pursue a degree in general biology. Located in the large city of Anchorage, UAA is a public university with a fairly large student population.
General Biology degree recipients from University of Alaska Anchorage earn a boost of approximately $3,006 over the average earnings of general biology majors.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).