2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biomedical Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) is the 148th most popular major in the country with 4,420 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, biological and biomedical sciences (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $33,869 and had an average of $22,288 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 127 biological and biomedical sciences (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,298 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1 biological and biomedical sciences (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biomedical Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in biological and biomedical sciences (other). That schools that top this list have a program in biological and biomedical sciences (other) in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biomedical Science Major in the Plains States Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biomedical Science Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree biomedical science students.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) in the Plains States Region

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Oglala Lakota College
Kyle, South Dakota

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biomedical Science Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oglala Lakota College landed the #1 spot on the list. Oglala Lakota College is a small public school situated in Kyle, South Dakota. It awarded 1 associates’s biomedical science degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Oglala Lakota College Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) Report

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Sinte Gleska University
Mission, South Dakota

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biomedical Science Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sinte Gleska University landed the #2 spot on the list. Sinte Gleska University is a small public school situated in Mission, South Dakota. It awarded 0 associates’s biomedical science degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) at Sinte Gleska University

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other)

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.