by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in Alaska” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
With 106,032 degrees handed out in 2021-2022, general biology is the 5th most popular major in the United States. In , general biology graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $28,339 and had an average of $23,597 in loans still to pay off.
Across Alaska, there were 85 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,766 and $17,800 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 65 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,855 and $21,190 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in Alaska” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general biology. That schools that top this list have a program in general biology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The 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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in Alaska”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in Alaska”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Fairbanks, Alaska, and it awarded 35 bachelors’s biology degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, 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 University of Alaska Anchorage. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in Alaska. This fairly large school is located in Anchorage, Alaska, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s biology degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, 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 Alaska Southeast. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in Alaska list. University of Alaska Southeast is a small school located in Juneau, Alaska that handed out 5 bachelors’s biology degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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