2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Biology Education in Minnesota

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In 2020-2021, 865 people earned their degree in biology education, making the major the 467th most popular in the United States.

Across Minnesota, there were 17 biology education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 biology education graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,734 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biology Teacher Education Major in Minnesota” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in biology education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in biology education.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biology Teacher Education Major in Minnesota

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biology Teacher Education Major in Minnesota”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Biology Education in Minnesota

1

St Catherine University
Saint Paul, Minnesota

#19 overall quality in Minnesota

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biology Teacher Education Major in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, St Catherine University landed the #1 spot on the list. St. Kate’s is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s biology teacher education degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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 Biology Education at St Catherine University

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Minnesota State University - Mankato
Mankato, Minnesota

#17 overall quality in Minnesota

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biology Teacher Education Major in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #2 spot on the list. Minnesota State Mankato is located in Mankato, Minnesota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s biology teacher education degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Minnesota State Mankato Biology Education Report

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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.

Credits

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