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Highest ROI Life & Natural Sciences Majors

Top 50 Life & Natural Sciences college majors by ROI percentile

# College Major Degrees Accept Earnings ROI Employ Debt-to-Earn Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl SAT p25 SAT p50 SAT p75 Submit %
1 Brigham Young Bioinformatics 34 68% $108,379 99 94% — 59% 91% 0% 0% 0% 3% 1290 1360 1430 54%
2 U. of California, San Diego Bioinformatics 110 29% $123,023 99 100% — 50% 15% 49% 1% 4% 16% — — — —
3 U. of Detroit Mercy Biology 191 72% $104,177 98 98% — 25% 63% 15% 7% 3% 5% 1030 1150 1260 57%
4 Worcester State Biotechnology 16 72% $83,379 94 96% — 56% 62% 6% 6% 12% 6% — — — —
5 U. of Iowa Biochemistry 55 80% $92,381 93 90% — 60% 64% 9% 4% 9% 4% 1130 1230 1320 82%
6 Ohio Dominican Biology 11 54% $92,311 93 92% — 45% 64% 0% 18% 9% 0% — — — —
7 College of St. Scholastica Biology 35 74% $92,613 93 91% — 40% 97% 0% 3% 0% 0% 1090 1200 1310 26%
8 Towson Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology 19 88% $86,442 92 93% — 26% 26% 11% 42% 11% 0% 950 1090 1230 18%
9 North Carolina State Biochemistry 71 40% $88,073 92 100% — 45% 62% 10% 4% 7% 1% 1310 1380 1440 40%
10 U. of North Dakota Biology 79 82% $82,155 91 100% — 37% 80% 4% 0% 3% 5% — — — —
11 Saint Cloud State Biomedical Sciences 41 85% $78,279 91 97% — 37% 68% 2% 15% 2% 10% 1020 1140 1260 23%
12 U. of California, Berkeley Microbial Biology 73 11% $88,774 91 100% — 34% 29% 32% 5% 16% 11% — — — —
13 CUNY Hunter Biology 167 28% $77,894 91 92% — 34% 32% 34% 9% 17% 5% 1100 1270 1420 11%
14 U. of the Pacific Biology 154 71% $93,189 91 97% — 45% 5% 69% 1% 8% 6% 1180 1350 1480 26%
15 U. of Houston Biotechnology 68 76% $82,316 91 85% — 35% 18% 40% 13% 24% 4% 1140 1230 1310 62%
16 U. of La Verne Biology 50 71% $89,440 90 94% — 26% 12% 8% 2% 70% 2% — — — —
17 George Mason Neuroscience 66 89% $86,002 90 87% — 33% 29% 38% 9% 14% 3% 1160 1260 1360 21%
18 CUNY Hunter Human Biology 506 28% $74,913 89 100% — 17% 15% 39% 9% 27% 4% 1100 1270 1420 11%
19 Loyola University Maryland Biology 38 83% $91,764 89 93% — 24% 53% 8% 13% 18% 0% 1200 1290 1370 17%
20 Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Biology 16 98% $87,876 89 100% — 25% 69% 0% 0% 6% 6% — — — —
21 Texas Tech Microbiology 46 69% $80,038 89 100% — 43% 33% 26% 7% 24% 0% 1090 1190 1280 44%
22 Pennsylvania State University - Lehigh Valley Biological and Biomedical Sciences 10 92% $80,004 89 95% — 10% 40% 0% 10% 40% 0% 1130 1230 1320 23%
23 Endicott Biotechnology 19 62% $84,092 89 100% — 26% 89% 0% 0% 11% 0% 1190 1270 1340 11%
24 Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg Biomedical Sciences 22 92% $80,128 88 96% — 23% 32% 41% 9% 14% 0% 1120 1220 1310 26%
25 Chadron State Biology 17 100% $74,411 88 95% — 47% 59% 6% 0% 6% 0% — — — —
26 Springfield Biomedical Sciences 12 72% $85,453 88 100% — 50% 83% 0% 0% 8% 8% — — — —
27 U. of Pennsylvania Neuroscience 102 5% $93,785 88 100% — 38% 21% 37% 9% 20% 4% 1500 1530 1560 70%
28 Auburn Biomedical Sciences 357 47% $84,290 88 96% — 28% 80% 4% 5% 5% 0% 1260 1330 1390 90%
29 Auburn Biology 29 47% $84,290 88 96% — 24% 86% 0% 0% 3% 0% 1260 1330 1390 90%
30 Rutgers University - New Brunswick Biotechnology 37 68% $80,920 88 97% — 49% 38% 38% 0% 14% 5% 1310 1410 1500 55%
31 Indiana University of Pennsylvania Biological and Physical Sciences 20 82% $74,684 88 95% — 30% 70% 5% 15% 10% 0% 970 1080 1180 30%
32 Brigham Young Physiology 84 68% $71,351 87 90% — 65% 81% 1% 0% 8% 4% 1290 1360 1430 54%
33 CUNY City Biology 98 58% $72,189 87 91% — 32% 17% 36% 10% 22% 11% 1070 1270 1430 11%
34 CUNY City Biomedical Sciences 60 58% $72,189 87 91% — 40% 8% 22% 43% 17% 0% 1070 1270 1430 11%
35 North Dakota State Microbiology 10 92% $75,827 87 100% — 10% 80% 10% 0% 10% 0% — — — —
36 U. of Minnesota - Duluth Biochemistry 37 80% $75,660 87 94% — 38% 86% 0% 5% 3% 0% 1180 1270 1350 41%
37 U. of Wisconsin - La Crosse Biochemistry 29 74% $76,198 87 94% — 52% 86% 0% 0% 7% 3% 1100 1210 1310 34%
38 Cal Poly - Pomona Biotechnology 36 75% $73,156 87 95% — 67% 17% 33% 0% 36% 8% — — — —
39 U. of Notre Dame Biochemistry 23 9% $94,876 87 87% — 61% 57% 13% 4% 4% 4% 1460 1500 1540 67%
40 Purdue Biomedical Sciences 167 43% $80,758 87 93% — 28% 71% 14% 3% 2% 2% 1220 1350 1470 100%
41 Purdue Biology 141 43% $80,758 87 93% — 36% 69% 13% 2% 8% 4% 1220 1350 1470 100%
42 U. of California, Davis Biotechnology 84 46% $85,118 87 89% — 38% 20% 46% 0% 17% 7% — — — —
43 Northeastern Biochemistry 118 17% $91,490 87 85% — 33% 45% 24% 6% 13% 4% 1440 1480 1510 28%
44 U. of Connecticut Molecular and Cell Biology 172 54% $82,860 86 93% — 36% 42% 31% 5% 12% 2% 1210 1330 1440 41%
45 Northeastern Biology 170 17% $91,261 86 93% — 25% 48% 24% 6% 10% 4% 1440 1480 1510 28%
46 Utah Valley Biotechnology 23 100% $74,536 86 89% — 57% 83% 0% 0% 17% 0% — — — —
47 CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice Cellular and Molecular Biology 14 57% $71,052 86 100% — 21% 36% 0% 7% 50% 0% — — — —
48 Brigham Young Biotechnology 26 68% $69,793 86 100% — 54% 73% 4% 0% 8% 0% 1290 1360 1430 54%
49 Brigham Young Neuroscience 109 68% $69,253 86 95% — 60% 83% 3% 0% 7% 3% 1290 1360 1430 54%
50 Purdue Biochemistry 55 43% $79,421 86 100% — 33% 69% 9% 5% 5% 5% 1220 1350 1470 100%