2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biological Engineering in the Southeast Region
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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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Engineering Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 472 people earned their degree in biological engineering, making the major the 288th most popular in the United States. In , biological engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $53,766 and had an average of $20,318 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 168 biological engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,770 and $23,624 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 biological engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,674 and $121,130 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Engineering Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in biological engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in biological engineering.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Engineering Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Engineering Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree biological engineering students.
Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biological Engineering in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Engineering Major in the Southeast Region list. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a public institution located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%.
Read more about Biological Engineering at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Engineering Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Auburn, Alabama, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s biological engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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%.
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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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