2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

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In 2020-2021, 30,075 people earned their degree in biological and physical science, making the major the 38th most popular in the United States. 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,137 biological and physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,291 and $22,878 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 biological and physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,076 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in biological and physical science. That schools that top this list have a program in biological and physical science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Physical Science in the Middle Atlantic Region

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University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, Maryland

#11 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Maryland - College Park is a public institution located in College Park, Maryland. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Maryland - College Park Biological & Physical Science Report

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Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, New Jersey

Top 20% overall quality in Middle Atlantic

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Rutgers New Brunswick is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s biological science degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Biological & Physical Science at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Physical Science

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.