2023 Most Focused Colleges for Biology Education in New Jersey

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Biology Teacher Education Major in New Jersey” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Biology Education is the 467th most popular major in the country with 865 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across New Jersey, there were 2 biology education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Biology Teacher Education Major in New Jersey” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in biology education. That schools that top this list have a program in biology education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools Highly Focused on Biology Teacher Education Major in New Jersey

The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey biology teacher education students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Biology Education in New Jersey

1

Rowan University
Glassboro, New Jersey

#10 overall quality in New Jersey

$45,169 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,713 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Biology Teacher Education Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Rowan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Rowan University is located in Glassboro, New Jersey and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 ’s biology teacher education degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Biology Education at Rowan University

2

Centenary University
Hackettstown, New Jersey

#20 overall quality in New Jersey

$41,315 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,065 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Biology Teacher Education Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Centenary University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Hackettstown, New Jersey, and it awarded 0 ’s biology teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Biology Education at Centenary

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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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