2023 Most Well Attended Biological/Biosystems Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Biological/Biosystems Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 410 people earned their degree in biological/biosystems engineering, making the major the 639th most popular in the United States.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 22 biological/biosystems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Biological/Biosystems Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in biological/biosystems engineering. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in biological/biosystems engineering.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Well Attended Biological/Biosystems Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region biological/biosystems engineering students.
Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Biological/Biosystems Engineering in the Far Western US Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Diego. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Biological/Biosystems Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in La Jolla, California, this large public school handed out 22 degrees to qualified ’s biological/biosystems engineering students in 2020-2021.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Biological/Biosystems Engineering at University of California - San Diego
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Biological/Biosystems Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Merced landed the #2 spot on the list. Merced, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s biological/biosystems engineering degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Biological/Biosystems Engineering at University of California - Merced
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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%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *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.
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