by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Human Biology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s” 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 the Great Lakes region, there were 157 human biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,514 and $20,454 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 153 human biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Human Biology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in human biology. To top this list, a school must have a successful human biology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Human Biology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Green Bay. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Human Biology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s. Green Bay, Wisconsin is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s human biology degrees to 103 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Human Biology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis landed the #2 spot on the list. IUPUI is located in Indianapolis, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 bachelors’s human biology degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Human Biology at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Human Biology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Indianapolis landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Indianapolis is a private not-for-profit institution located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan Technological University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Human Biology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s. Houghton, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s human biology degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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