2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Biological Engineering in the Southeast Region
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Ranked Colleges
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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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 biological engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,462 and $43,311 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Engineering Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in biological engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in biological engineering.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Engineering Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree biological engineering students.
Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Biological Engineering in the Southeast Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Engineering Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the #1 spot on the list. Auburn University is located in Auburn, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 6 masters’s biological engineering degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Biological Engineering at Auburn University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Engineering Major in the Southeast Region list. University of Georgia is located in Athens, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 masters’s biological engineering degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. 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%.
Read full report on Biological Engineering at UGA
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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.
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