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2023 Best General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools

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Finding the Best General Biology Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 8,920 people earned a degree or certificate in general biology, making the major the #33 most popular in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 27 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best General Biology Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Our 2023 rankings named Harvard University the best school in the United States for general biology students working on their graduate certificate. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.

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#2

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Mason University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 27 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools list. IUPUI is a very large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools list. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

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#6

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

With a ranking of #6, Temple University did quite well on this year’s best schools for general biology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#7

New York University

New York, NY

With a ranking of #7, New York University did quite well on this year’s best schools for general biology students working on their graduate certificate. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

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University of Nebraska at Omaha did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general biology students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. UNOMAHA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Omaha.

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William Paterson University of New Jersey came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the large suburb of Wayne, William Paterson University is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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With a ranking of #10, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well on this year’s best schools for general biology students working on their graduate certificate. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.

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Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

General Biology is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 3,221
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 2,488
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 2,290
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 1,964
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) 1,922

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 the rest 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).

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