2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biological/Biosystems Engineering in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Biological/Biosystems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Biological/Biosystems Engineering is the 639th most popular major in the country with 410 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southwest region, there were 28 biological/biosystems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 biological/biosystems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Biological/Biosystems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in biological/biosystems engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular biological/biosystems engineering programs in the United States.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Biological/Biosystems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree biological/biosystems engineering students.

Top 3 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biological/Biosystems Engineering in the Southwest Region

1

University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

#19 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Biological/Biosystems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 5 doctorate’s biological/biosystems engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Biological/Biosystems Engineering at University of Arizona

2

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, Arizona

#14 overall quality in Southwest

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Biological/Biosystems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s biological/biosystems engineering students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Biological/Biosystems Engineering at ASU - Tempe

3

Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Arizona University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Biological/Biosystems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate. NAU is a large school located in Flagstaff, Arizona that handed out 0 doctorate’s biological/biosystems engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.

Full Northern Arizona University Biological/Biosystems Engineering Report

• Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biological/Biosystems Engineering

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

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jun Seita.