by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Human Biology Major in New York” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 1,939 people earned their degree in human biology, making the major the 191st most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, human biology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,081 and had an average of $17,912 in loans still to pay off.
Across New York, there were 713 human biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,433 and $11,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 713 human biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,555 and $23,635 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Biology Major in New York” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in human biology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their human biology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new york bachelor’s degree human biology students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Biology Major in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Hunter College landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 485 bachelors’s human biology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Albany. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Biology Major in New York list. University at Albany is a fairly large public school situated in Albany, New York. It awarded 223 bachelors’s human biology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St. Bonaventure University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Biology Major in New York. St. Bonaventure is located in Saint Bonaventure, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s human biology degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Graduate Center, CUNY. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Biology Major in New York list. The Graduate Center is a public institution located in New York, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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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