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2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Molecular Biology Major in the Southwest Region

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Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Molecular Biology Major in the Southwest Region

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Molecular Biology is the 356th most popular major in the country with 1,460 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Southwest region, there were 79 molecular biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 43 molecular biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,130 and $22,381 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Molecular Biology Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in molecular biology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in molecular biology.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Molecular Biology Major in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree molecular biology students.

Top 3 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Molecular Biology in the Southwest Region

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Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Molecular Biology Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Dallas landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Richardson, Texas, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s molecular biology degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Molecular Biology at The University of Texas at Dallas

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayland Baptist University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Molecular Biology Major in the Southwest Region list. Wayland Baptist University is located in Plainview, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s molecular biology degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Molecular Biology at Wayland Baptist University

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Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Molecular Biology Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school awarded 18 degrees to qualified bachelors’s molecular biology students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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