2021 Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
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Finding the Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking looked at 78 colleges that offer a bachelor's in biological & biomedical sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent biological & biomedical sciences programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the biological & biomedical sciences program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Top 15% Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Wisconsin - Madison tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Great Lakes Region that are best for non-traditional biological & biomedical sciences students. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Madison. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UW - Madison has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.2%. Approximately 11,375 students take at least one class online at UW - Madison. 4,683 of UW - Madison students are attending part time.
Michigan State University comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Michigan State has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 33,526 students take at least one class online at Michigan State. 6,517 students are part time.
Ohio University - Athens Campus comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. OHIO Athens is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Athens. OHIO Athens also took the #4 spot in our Best Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. Approximately 11,926 students take at least one class online at OHIO Athens. There are roughly 7,245 part time students in attendance at OHIO Athens.
The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Ohio State University - Main Campus. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Columbus. Ohio State also made our Best Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #3.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. Approximately 42,293 students take at least one class online at Ohio State. 8,459 of Ohio State students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize University of Michigan - Ann Arbor as the #5 school in this year's rankings. U-M is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor. U-M also took the #5 spot in our Best Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at U-M is lower than is typical, just 0.2% of students default in three years. Approximately 15,737 students take at least one class online at U-M. 3,568 of U-M students are attending part time.
University of Cincinnati - Main Campus earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a fairly large student population. UC also claimed a spot on our Best Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences in the Great Lakes Region list. It's in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
The student loan default rate at UC is lower than is typical, just 1.7% of students default in three years. Approximately 17,465 students take at least one class online at UC. There are roughly 10,255 part time students in attendance at UC.
University of Detroit Mercy earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Detroit, Detroit Mercy is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population. Detroit Mercy also made our Best Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #8.
About 0.8% of Detroit Mercy students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 3,161 students at Detroit Mercy that take at least one class online. 1,321 of Detroit Mercy students are attending part time.
Marquette University earned the #8 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population. As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Marquette also is in the top 10% of our Best Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at Marquette is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 2,535 students take at least one class online at Marquette. About 1,342 of the students at Marquette are attending part time.
Purdue University - Main Campus comes in at #9 in this year's ranking. Purdue is a very large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette. Purdue also took the #6 spot in our Best Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
About 0.8% of Purdue students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 19,239 students at Purdue that take at least one class online. About 7,612 of the students at Purdue are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Miami University - Oxford as the #10 school in this year's rankings. Miami University - Oxford is a fairly large public school located in the fringe town of Oxford. As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Miami University - Oxford also is in the top 15% of our Best Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 5,388 students take at least one class online at Miami University - Oxford. About 1,700 of the students at Miami University - Oxford are attending part time.
The #11 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Wisconsin - La Crosse. Located in the city of La Crosse, UW - La Crosse is a public school with a fairly large student population. On top of its placing in our non-traditional rankings, UW - La Crosse also did well on our Best Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences in the Great Lakes Region list. It's in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in that analysis.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. Approximately 4,162 students take at least one class online at UW - La Crosse. There are roughly 1,125 part time students in attendance at UW - La Crosse.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region award.
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).
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