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2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological & Biomedical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region

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8,886 Degrees Awarded
$29,168 Avg Salary
Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Biological & Biomedical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological & Biomedical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2020-2021, 177,778 biological and biomedical sciences students received their degree, making the major the 9th most popular in the country. In 2019-2020, biological and biomedical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,469 and had an average of $23,170 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 10,692 biological and biomedical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,918 and $24,179 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 8,886 biological and biomedical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological & Biomedical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 158 colleges that offer a degree in biological and biomedical sciences. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their biological and biomedical sciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological & Biomedical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree biological & biomedical sciences students.

Top 25 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences in the Plains States Region

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Central College
Pella, Iowa

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological & Biomedical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Central is a private not-for-profit institution located in Pella, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 61 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%.

Read full report on Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Central College

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Harris - Stowe State University
Saint Louis, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harris - Stowe State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological & Biomedical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Harris - Stowe State University is a small public school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 40 bachelors’s biological and biomedical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Harris - Stowe State University Biological & Biomedical Sciences Report

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Wartburg College
Waverly, Iowa

Out of the 158 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological & Biomedical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wartburg College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Waverly, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 47 degrees to qualified bachelors’s biological and biomedical sciences students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Wartburg College Biological & Biomedical Sciences Report

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York College
York, Nebraska

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend York College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological & Biomedical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region. York, Nebraska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s biological and biomedical sciences degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.

Full York College Biological & Biomedical Sciences Report

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Drury University
Springfield, Missouri

Out of the 158 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological & Biomedical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Drury University landed the #5 spot on the list. Springfield, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s biological and biomedical sciences degrees to 77 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Drury University

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Macalester College
Saint Paul, Minnesota

Macalester College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological & Biomedical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s biological and biomedical sciences degrees to 86 students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% 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%.

Read full report on Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Macalester College

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University of Minnesota - Morris came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological & Biomedical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking. This small school is located in Morris, Minnesota, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s biological and biomedical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UMN Morris Biological & Biomedical Sciences Report

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College of Saint Benedict
Saint Joseph, Minnesota

College of Saint Benedict landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological & Biomedical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking. College of Saint Benedict is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Joseph, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 68 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, 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 full report on Biological & Biomedical Sciences at College of Saint Benedict

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Bethany College Kansas
Lindsborg, Kansas

Bethany College Kansas landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological & Biomedical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Bethany College Kansas is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lindsborg, Kansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Bethany College Kansas

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Westminster College Missouri ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological & Biomedical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Westminster College Missouri is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Fulton, Missouri. It awarded 23 bachelors’s biological and biomedical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Westminster College Missouri

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Grinnell College
Grinnell, Iowa

Grinnell College ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological & Biomedical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Grinnell, Iowa, and it awarded 67 bachelors’s biological and biomedical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.3% 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Grinnell

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Coe College
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

With a ranking of #12, Coe College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological & Biomedical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Coe is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It awarded 49 bachelors’s biological and biomedical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.

Read full report on Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Coe

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Saint Johns University
Collegeville, Minnesota

Saint Johns University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological & Biomedical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking. SJU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Collegeville, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 48 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Saint Johns University

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Concordia College at Moorhead
Moorhead, Minnesota

Concordia College at Moorhead came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological & Biomedical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Concordia College Moorhead is a private not-for-profit institution located in Moorhead, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 54 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Concordia College at Moorhead

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With a ranking of #15, Central Methodist University - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological & Biomedical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Central Methodist University - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fayette, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Central Methodist University - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Biological & Biomedical Sciences Report

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Iowa Wesleyan University
Mount Pleasant, Iowa

Iowa Wesleyan University landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological & Biomedical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Mount Pleasant, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s biological and biomedical sciences degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.

Full Iowa Wesleyan University Biological & Biomedical Sciences Report

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Nebraska Wesleyan University landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological & Biomedical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking. This small school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 51 bachelors’s biological and biomedical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Nebraska Wesleyan University

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Carleton College
Northfield, Minnesota

Carleton College ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological & Biomedical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Carleton is a private not-for-profit institution located in Northfield, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 53 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Carleton

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Gustavus Adolphus College
Saint Peter, Minnesota

Gustavus Adolphus College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological & Biomedical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #19. Gustavus Adolphus College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Peter, Minnesota. It awarded 46 bachelors’s biological and biomedical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Gustavus Adolphus

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St Olaf College
Northfield, Minnesota

St Olaf College ranked #20 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological & Biomedical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Northfield, Minnesota, and it awarded 95 bachelors’s biological and biomedical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Biological & Biomedical Sciences at St Olaf College

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Ottawa University - Ottawa came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological & Biomedical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Ottawa University - Ottawa is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Ottawa, Kansas. It awarded 11 bachelors’s biological and biomedical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Ottawa

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Bethany Lutheran College
Mankato, Minnesota

Bethany Lutheran College came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological & Biomedical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Mankato, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s biological and biomedical sciences students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Bethany Lutheran College Biological & Biomedical Sciences Report

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With a ranking of #23, University of Minnesota - Duluth did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological & Biomedical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. University of Minnesota - Duluth is a public institution located in Duluth, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 244 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.

Read more about Biological & Biomedical Sciences at UMN Duluth

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Newman University
Wichita, Kansas

Newman University ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological & Biomedical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Wichita, Kansas, and it awarded 45 bachelors’s biological and biomedical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%.

Read full report on Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Newman University

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Luther College
Decorah, Iowa

Luther College landed the #25 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological & Biomedical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Decorah, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s biological and biomedical sciences degrees to 41 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%.

Full Luther College Biological & Biomedical Sciences Report

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