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2023 Best General Biology Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

39 Colleges
$38,743 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Biology Master's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, general biology was ranked #33 in the country. In fact 8,920 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

The Best General Biology Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 39 schools in the Southwest Region to see which master's degree 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Check out the biology master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best General Biology Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center the best school in the Southwest Region for general biology students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Lubbock, TTUHSC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Methodist University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Arizona State University - Tempe is a great place for general biology students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public school with a very large student population.

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#4

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas Christian University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. TCU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Fort Worth.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best general biology schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the town of Stillwater, OSU is a public college with a very large student population.

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Sam Houston State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree general biology programs. Located in the town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public school with a very large student population.

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Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of College Station.

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Texas Woman’s University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree general biology programs. TWU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Denton.

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West Texas A&M University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general biology students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the fringe town of Canyon, West Texas A&M University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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With a ranking of #10, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston did quite well on this year’s best schools for general biology students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Houston, UTHealth is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Best General Biology Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 871
Arizona 170
Oklahoma 20
New Mexico 62

One of 14 majors within the area of study, general biology has other similar majors worth exploring.

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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