2021 Best General Biology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region
98Colleges
15,162Bachelor's Degrees
$35,465Avg Cost*
Finding the Best General Biology Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best General Biology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, we looked at 98 colleges that offer a bachelor's in biology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general biology programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the general biology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Biology Schools for Non-Traditional Students list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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2021 Best General Biology Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying biology.
Top 15% Best General Biology Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Drexel University tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that are best for non-traditional general biology students. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population. Drexel also took the #2 spot in our Best Colleges for General Biology in the Middle Atlantic Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. There are approximately 6,249 students at Drexel that take at least one class online. About 5,829 of the students at Drexel are attending part time.
Temple University comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public school with a fairly large student population. Temple not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #5 on our Best Colleges for General Biology in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
The student loan default rate at Temple is lower than is typical, just 1.3% of students default in three years. Approximately 20,264 students take at least one class online at Temple. There are roughly 4,634 part time students in attendance at Temple.
Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best general biology schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population. Columbia not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #1 on our Best Colleges for General Biology in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. There are approximately 6,172 students at Columbia that take at least one class online. 4,854 students are part time.
Rutgers University - New Brunswick comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public college with a fairly large student population. Rutgers New Brunswick excels when it comes to major quality. It's ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Colleges for General Biology in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
About 1.1% of Rutgers New Brunswick students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 30,054 students at Rutgers New Brunswick that take at least one class online. There are roughly 7,559 part time students in attendance at Rutgers New Brunswick.
West Chester University of Pennsylvania earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the suburb of West Chester, WCUPA is a public college with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our bet for non-traditional students list, WCUPA is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Colleges for General Biology in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. Approximately 4,464 students take at least one class online at WCUPA. There are roughly 3,854 part time students in attendance at WCUPA.
The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Cornell University. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Ithaca. Cornell also took the #3 spot in our Best Colleges for General Biology in the Middle Atlantic Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.4%. There are approximately 2,837 students at Cornell that take at least one class online. There are roughly 574 part time students in attendance at Cornell.
Rowan University landed the #7 spot in our 2021 best general biology schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large suburb of Glassboro, Rowan is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.9%. There are approximately 7,269 students at Rowan that take at least one class online. About 3,878 of the students at Rowan are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize George Washington University as the #8 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education it offers, GWU also is in the top 10% of our Best Colleges for General Biology in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.
About 0.4% of GWU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 5,340 students at GWU are exclusively online. 8,798 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize Georgetown University as the #9 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population. Georgetown also made our Best Colleges for General Biology in the Middle Atlantic Region list, coming in at #9.
The student loan default rate at Georgetown is lower than is typical, just 0.2% of students default in three years. There are approximately 4,343 students at Georgetown that take at least one class online. 5,553 students are part time.
University of Maryland - College Park landed the #10 spot in our 2021 best general biology schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public school with a very large student population. UMCP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our Best Colleges for General Biology in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. Approximately 11,700 students take at least one class online at UMCP. 4,841 of UMCP students are attending part time.
The #11 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Delaware. UD is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Newark. UD also took the #7 spot in our Best Colleges for General Biology in the Middle Atlantic Region rankings.
About 0.9% of UD students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 13,666 students at UD that take at least one class online. About 2,486 of the students at UD are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Neumann University as the #12 school in this year's rankings. Located in the suburb of Aston, Neumann is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.2%. Approximately 1,331 students take at least one class online at Neumann. 694 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize Towson University as the #13 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Towson, Towson is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The student loan default rate at Towson is lower than is typical, just 1.7% of students default in three years. Approximately 6,258 students take at least one class online at Towson. About 4,337 of the students at Towson are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize New Jersey Institute of Technology as the #14 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Newark, NJIT is a public college with a large student population.
The student loan default rate at NJIT is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. Approximately 3,018 students take at least one class online at NJIT. There are roughly 3,015 part time students in attendance at NJIT.
Here are some additional great schools for Middle Atlantic Region non-traditional students studying Biology that almost earned our Best General Biology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region award.
General Biology Related Non-Traditional Student Rankings by Major
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 25 schools only.
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 the rest 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).
