by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Human Biology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Human Biology is the 191st most popular major in the country with 1,939 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 753 human biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,433 and $11,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 753 human biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Human Biology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in human biology. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in human biology.
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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 “Most Well Attended Human Biology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree human biology students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hunter College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Human Biology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s. Hunter is a large school located in New York, New York that handed out 485 bachelors’s human biology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Human Biology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University at Albany landed the #2 spot on the list. Albany, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s human biology degrees to 223 students 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 Johns Hopkins University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Human Biology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s. Johns Hopkins is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 40 bachelors’s human biology degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St. Bonaventure University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Human Biology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s list. 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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, 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 The Graduate Center, CUNY. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Human Biology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s. The Graduate Center, CUNY is a medium-sized school located in New York, New York that handed out 0 bachelors’s human biology degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chatham University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Human Biology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s list. Chatham University is a small school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 0 bachelors’s human biology degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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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