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. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Sciences Major in Maryland” ranking - to help you make that decision.
General Biomedical Sciences is the 77th most popular major in the country with 11,491 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across Maryland, there were 50 general biomedical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 general biomedical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,300 and $22,443 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Sciences Major in Maryland” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general biomedical sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in general biomedical sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Sciences Major in Maryland” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland bachelor’s degree biomedical sciences students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Sciences Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, McDaniel College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Westminster, Maryland, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s biomedical sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, 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 Johns Hopkins University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Sciences Major in Maryland list. Johns Hopkins University is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 33 bachelors’s biomedical sciences degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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