by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Natural Sciences Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Natural Sciences is the 208th most popular major in the country with 2,214 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, natural sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $25,745 and had an average of $18,648 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 45 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,974 and $16,160 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.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in natural sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in natural sciences.
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the New England Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree natural sciences 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, Northern Vermont University landed the #1 spot on the 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 located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 36 bachelors’s natural sciences degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. 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.
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.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bard College at Simon’s Rock. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the New England Region. 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 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 low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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 join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the New England Region. Orono, Maine is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s natural sciences degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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