by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Biological Engineering Major in the Southwest 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 Southwest region, there were 28 biological engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $22,468 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Biological Engineering Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region biological engineering students.
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 Schools Highly Focused on Biological Engineering Major in the Southwest Region. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 25 ’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.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Biological Engineering Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #2 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 3 ’s biological engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Biological Engineering Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the #3 spot on the list. Northern Arizona University is a large school located in Flagstaff, Arizona that handed out 0 ’s biological 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%.
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