2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Biology in Washington
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$33,400
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biology Major in Washington” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 106,032 general biology students received their degree, making the major the 5th most popular in the country. 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 Washington, there were 1,582 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,044 and $19,574 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,724 and $148,032 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biology Major in Washington” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biology Major in Washington
The colleges and universities below are the best for washington doctor’s degree biology students.
Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Biology in Washington
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biology Major in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. UW Seattle is a large school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 13 doctorate’s biology degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
Full University of Washington - Seattle Campus General Biology Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biology Major in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Wazzu is a large school located in Pullman, Washington that handed out 4 doctorate’s biology degrees in 2021-2022.
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%.
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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%.
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- *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.
