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. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Science Major in Pennsylvania” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 4,420 people earned their degree in biological and biomedical sciences (other), making the major the 148th most popular in the United States. 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 Pennsylvania, there were 554 biological and biomedical sciences (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,366 and $28,217 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 437 biological and biomedical sciences (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,741 and $27,572 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Science Major in Pennsylvania” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree 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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The biomedical science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Science Major in Pennsylvania”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree biomedical science students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mount Aloysius College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Science Major in Pennsylvania. This small school is located in Cresson, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s biomedical science degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Mount Aloysius Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Swarthmore College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Science Major in Pennsylvania. Swarthmore is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. It awarded 0 bachelors’s biomedical science degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) at Swarthmore
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Science Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Carnegie Mellon University landed the #2 spot on the list. Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s biomedical science degrees to qualified students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Full Carnegie Mellon Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Science Major in Pennsylvania list. UPenn is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 0 bachelors’s biomedical science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full University of Pennsylvania Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) Report
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