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2023 Most Popular Colleges for Biological Engineering in the Southeast Region

5 Ranked Colleges
178 Degrees Awarded
$33,100 Avg Cost*
Most Well Attended Biological Engineering Major in the Southeast Region

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 “Most Well Attended Biological Engineering Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Biological Engineering is the 288th most popular major in the country with 410 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, biological engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $53,766 and had an average of $20,584 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 178 biological engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,770 and $22,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Biological Engineering Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in biological engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular biological engineering programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended Biological Engineering Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region biological engineering students.

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Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Auburn University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Biological Engineering Major in the Southeast Region. Auburn University is a public institution located in Auburn, Alabama. The school has a large population, and it awarded 65 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, 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 92%.

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University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Biological Engineering Major in the Southeast Region list. University of Georgia is located in Athens, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 52 ’s biological engineering degrees to qualified students.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Biological Engineering at University of Georgia

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University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Biological Engineering Major in the Southeast Region list. Fayetteville, Arkansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s biological engineering degrees to 39 students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.

Full University of Arkansas Biological Engineering Report

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University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Biological Engineering Major in the Southeast Region. University of Florida is located in Gainesville, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 ’s biological engineering degrees to qualified students.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Biological Engineering Major in the Southeast Region. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a large school located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana that handed out 5 ’s biological engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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.

Full Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Biological Engineering Report

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