by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 62 biological and physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,588 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 46 biological and physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,301 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in biological and physical science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their biological and physical science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region master’s degree biological science students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This fairly large school is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and it awarded 25 masters’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 join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Colorado State is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 masters’s biological science degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Biological & Physical Science at Colorado State
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Montana. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. The University of Montana is a public institution located in Missoula, Montana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Biological & Physical Science at The University of Montana
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. CU Anschutz is a large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 1 masters’s biological science degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #5 spot on the list. BYU is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Provo, Utah. It awarded 0 masters’s biological science degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Biological & Physical Science at Brigham Young University - Provo
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