by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Forensic Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 247 people earned their degree in forensic chemistry, making the major the 751st most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 44 forensic chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 44 forensic chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forensic Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in forensic chemistry. That schools that top this list have a program in forensic chemistry in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree forensic chemistry students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forensic Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region. BGSU is a fairly large public school situated in Bowling Green, Ohio. It awarded 34 bachelors’s forensic chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Michigan University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forensic Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region. Marquette, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s forensic chemistry degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Saint Francis - Fort Wayne. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forensic Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s forensic chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lake Superior State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forensic Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region. Sault Ste Marie, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s forensic chemistry degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ashland University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forensic Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region. Ashland is a small school located in Ashland, Ohio that handed out 0 bachelors’s forensic chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forensic Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Olivet College landed the #4 spot on the list. Olivet College is a small school located in Olivet, Michigan that handed out 0 bachelors’s forensic chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Illinois Institute of Technology. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Forensic Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region. Illinois Institute of Technology is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 0 bachelors’s forensic chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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.
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