2023 Schools for a Master’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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 molecular biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,505 and $37,295 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Molecular Biology Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Molecular Biology Major in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Molecular Biology Major in the Southwest Region”.
Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Molecular Biology in the Southwest Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Molecular Biology Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 29 masters’s molecular biology degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 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 0.3% 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%.
Read more about Molecular Biology at TTUHSC
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Molecular Biology Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 0 masters’s molecular biology degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Molecular Biology at University of North Texas
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Molecular Biology Major in the Southwest Region list. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 4 masters’s molecular biology degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
