2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Engineering Major in the Southeast Region

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In 2020-2021, 410 people earned their degree in biological engineering, making the major the 288th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, biological engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $53,766 and had an average of $20,584 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 178 biological engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,770 and $22,501 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 biological engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Engineering Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in biological engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their biological engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Engineering Major in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Engineering Major in the Southeast Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biological Engineering in the Southeast Region

1

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Engineering Major in the Southeast Region list. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a large public school situated in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It awarded 5 doctorate’s biological engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, 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 Engineering at Louisiana State University

2

Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama

Top 10% overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Engineering Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Auburn, Alabama, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s biological engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Auburn University Biological Engineering Report

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biological 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

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