2023 Most Well Attended Biological/Biosystems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region
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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 “Most Well Attended Biological/Biosystems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 410 people earned their degree in biological/biosystems engineering, making the major the 639th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 28 biological/biosystems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Biological/Biosystems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree 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.
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Most Well Attended Biological/Biosystems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region biological/biosystems engineering students.
Top 3 Most Popular Colleges for Biological/Biosystems Engineering in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Biological/Biosystems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s biological/biosystems engineering degrees to 25 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Full University of Arizona Biological/Biosystems Engineering Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Biological/Biosystems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified ’s biological/biosystems engineering students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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/Biosystems Engineering at ASU - Tempe
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. NAU is a large school located in Flagstaff, Arizona that handed out 0 ’s biological/biosystems engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
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 Biological/Biosystems Engineering at Northern Arizona University
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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
- *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.
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