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2023 Best General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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Finding the Best General Biology Graduate Certificate School for You

General Biology is the #33 most popular major in the country with 8,920 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 9 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for biology majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in General Biology

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

Our analysis found George Mason University to be the best school for general biology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public school with a very large student population.

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Out of the 9 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

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Out of the 9 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Commonwealth University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Richmond, VCU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. UNC Charlotte is a very large public school located in the city of Charlotte.

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#5

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

Out of the 9 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Kentucky University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public college with a large student population.

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University of South Carolina - Columbia 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 #6 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, UofSC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#7

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, FL

Florida Atlantic University 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 #7 on the list. FAU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Boca Raton.

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University of Alabama at Birmingham came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the city of Birmingham, UAB is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Florida International University 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 #9 on the list. Located in the suburb of Miami, FIU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Best General Biology Colleges by State

Explore the best general biology schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 426
Florida 341
Georgia 262
North Carolina 213
Tennessee 127
Kentucky 94
Louisiana 153
Alabama 232
South Carolina 173
Mississippi 222
Arkansas 30
West Virginia 49

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 9 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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