by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioengineering Major in Texas” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 12,811 people earned their degree in bioengineering and biomedical engineering, making the major the 62nd most popular in the United States.
Across Texas, there were 996 bioengineering and biomedical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 653 bioengineering and biomedical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,932 and $25,894 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioengineering Major in Texas” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in bioengineering and biomedical engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in bioengineering and biomedical engineering.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioengineering Major in Texas”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend LeTourneau University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioengineering Major in Texas list. LeTourneau University is located in Longview, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s bioengineering degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rice University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioengineering Major in Texas list. Rice is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 56 bachelors’s bioengineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Dallas. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioengineering Major in Texas. This large school is located in Richardson, Texas, and it awarded 114 bachelors’s bioengineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioengineering Major in Texas list. Texas A&M University - College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 149 bachelors’s bioengineering degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioengineering Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #5 spot on the list. UT Austin is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 113 bachelors’s bioengineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, 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 97%.
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The University of Texas at San Antonio ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioengineering Major in Texas list. This large school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 44 bachelors’s bioengineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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University of North Texas ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioengineering Major in Texas list. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s bioengineering degrees to 52 students 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.
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University of Houston landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioengineering Major in Texas ranking. University of Houston is a large public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 52 bachelors’s bioengineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioengineering Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #9. UT Arlington is a large public school situated in Arlington, Texas. It awarded 62 bachelors’s bioengineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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