by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the New England Region” ranking.
Natural Sciences is the 345th most popular major in the country with 2,214 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 45 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 43 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in natural sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in natural sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the New England Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Vermont University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the New England Region list. Northern Vermont University is located in Johnson, Vermont and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s natural sciences degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harvard University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the New England Region. Harvard is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 36 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston College landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s natural sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bard College at Simon’s Rock landed the #4 spot on the list. Simon’s Rock is a small school located in Great Barrington, Massachusetts that handed out 0 bachelors’s natural sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the New England Region list. University of Maine is a fairly large public school situated in Orono, Maine. It awarded 0 bachelors’s natural sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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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