2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Engineering Major in the Plains States 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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Engineering Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Biological Engineering is the 288th most popular major in the country with 410 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Plains States region, there were 92 biological engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,548 and $23,040 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 biological engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,829 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Engineering Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in biological engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in biological engineering.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

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

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University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, Missouri

#20 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Engineering Major in the Plains States Region. Mizzou is a large school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 8 doctorate’s biological engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Mizzou Biological Engineering Report

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska

#14 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Engineering Major in the Plains States Region list. This large school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s biological engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Biological Engineering at UNL

• 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

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