by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Microbiology Major in the New England Region” ranking.
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology is the 134th most popular major in the country with 4,566 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, microbiological sciences and immunology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $33,785 and had an average of $20,586 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 213 microbiological sciences and immunology graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,723 and $24,067 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 94 microbiological sciences and immunology graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Microbiology Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in microbiological sciences and immunology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in microbiological sciences and immunology.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Microbiology Major in the New England Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hampshire College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Microbiology Major in the New England Region list. Hampshire College is a small school located in Amherst, Massachusetts that handed out 2 bachelors’s microbiology degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Microbiology Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #2 spot on the list. UMass Amherst is a public institution located in Amherst, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 64 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
Read more about Microbiological Sciences & Immunology at UMass Amherst
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Microbiology Major in the New England Region list. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s microbiology students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, 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 Vermont. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Microbiology Major in the New England Region. UVM is a fairly large school located in Burlington, Vermont that handed out 14 bachelors’s microbiology degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Quinnipiac University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Microbiology Major in the New England Region. Quinnipiac is located in Hamden, Connecticut and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s microbiology degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Microbiological Sciences & Immunology at Quinnipiac
University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Microbiology Major in the New England Region ranking. UNH is a fairly large public school situated in Durham, New Hampshire. It awarded 4 bachelors’s microbiology degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Harvard University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Microbiology Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 16 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s microbiology students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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