by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Evolutionary Biology Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2021-2022, 772 people earned their degree in evolutionary biology, making the major the 501st most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 163 evolutionary biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 evolutionary biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,182 and $43,142 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Evolutionary Biology Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in evolutionary biology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in evolutionary biology.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The evolutionary biology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Evolutionary Biology Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree evolutionary biology students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Evolutionary Biology Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s evolutionary biology students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Evolutionary Biology Major in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 6 masters’s evolutionary biology degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Evolutionary Biology at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Evolutionary Biology Major in the Great Lakes Region. This large school is located in Champaign, Illinois, and it awarded 6 masters’s evolutionary biology degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kent State University at Kent. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Evolutionary Biology Major in the Great Lakes Region. This large school is located in Kent, Ohio, and it awarded 2 masters’s evolutionary biology degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Bloomington. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Evolutionary Biology Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Bloomington, Indiana, this large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified masters’s evolutionary biology students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%.
Read full report on Evolutionary Biology at Indiana University - Bloomington
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