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 for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Science Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Biological & Physical Science is the 38th most popular major in the country with 30,075 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, biological and physical science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,402 and had an average of $15,005 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,580 biological and physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,817 and $18,855 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 48 biological and physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Science Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in biological and physical science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in biological and physical science.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Science Major in the Southwest Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree biological science students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston - Downtown. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Science Major in the Southwest Region. This fairly large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s biological science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Science Major in the Southwest Region list. UTSA is a public institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sam Houston State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Science Major in the Southwest Region list. Sam Houston State University is a public institution located in Huntsville, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Science Major in the Southwest Region. Texas Tech is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 5 bachelors’s biological science degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Science Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas State is a large school located in San Marcos, Texas that handed out 1 bachelors’s biological science degrees in 2020-2021.
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Oklahoma Panhandle State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Science Major in the Southwest Region ranking. OPSU is a small public school situated in Goodwell, Oklahoma. It awarded 0 bachelors’s biological science degrees in 2020-2021.
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