2023 Most Popular General Biology Schools
Finding the Best General Biology 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular General Biology Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 461 schools in the United States to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the General Biology program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular General Biology Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular General Biology Colleges.
Top 25 Most Popular Schools in General Biology
Our analysis found Rutgers University - New Brunswick to be the most popular school for general biology students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public school with a very large student population.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means New York University is a great place for general biology students. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.
Out of the 461 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas Health Science Center landed the # 3 spot on the list. UNT Health Science Center is a small public school located in the large city of Fort Worth.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Diego. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular General Biology Schools list. Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public college with a very large student population.
The excellent programs at Miami University - Oxford helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best general biology schools in the United States. Miami University - Oxford is a large public school located in the town of Oxford.
Tufts University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular General Biology Schools ranking. Located in the suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Mississippi College ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular General Biology Schools list. MC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Clinton.
George Mason University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular General Biology Schools ranking. Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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University of Alabama at Birmingham did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for general biology students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Birmingham, UAB is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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Clemson University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular General Biology Schools ranking. Clemson is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Clemson.
Bluefield College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for general biology students. It came in at #11 on the list. Located in the distant town of Bluefield, Bluefield College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
Midwestern University - Glendale did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for general biology students. It came in at #12 on the list. Midwestern University - Glendale is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Glendale.
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Midwestern University - Downers Grove came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular General Biology Schools ranking. Midwestern University - Downers Grove is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Downers Grove.
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Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for general biology students. It came in at #14 on the list. Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.
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Virginia Commonwealth University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for general biology students. It came in at #15 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Richmond, VCU is a public college with a very large student population.
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Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular General Biology Schools ranking. KCU - Kansas City is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Kansas City.
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Georgia State University landed the #17 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular general biology programs. Georgia State is a very large public school located in the large city of Atlanta.
Harvard University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for general biology students. It came in at #18 on the list. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine landed the #19 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular general biology programs. Geisinger Commonwealth is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Scranton.
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Colorado State University - Fort Collins came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular General Biology Schools ranking. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Fort Collins.
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University of Nebraska at Kearney landed the #21 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular general biology programs. Located in the town of Kearney, UNK is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
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Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #22 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular general biology programs. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.
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Florida Atlantic University landed the #23 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular general biology programs. FAU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Boca Raton.
Loyola University Chicago came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular General Biology Schools ranking. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.
Roosevelt University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for general biology students. It came in at #25 on the list. Roosevelt is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
Rest of the Top Most Popular General Biology Schools
Additional Award Winners
This section represents the rest of the colleges awarded a Most Popular General Biology Schools badge. Showing in this list means the school was ranked in the top 15% of the 461 different United States general biology schools we analyzed.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 50 | University of Northern Colorado | Greeley, CO |
| 52 | University of Miami | Coral Gables, FL |
| 52 | Iowa State University | Ames, IA |
| 52 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | Edinburg, TX |
| 55 | Drexel University | Philadelphia, PA |
| 55 | Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis | Indianapolis, IN |
| 55 | Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center - El Paso | El-Paso, TX |
| 58 | University of Oregon | Eugene, OR |
| 58 | University of Saint Joseph | West Hartford, CT |
| 58 | Purdue University - Main Campus | West Lafayette, IN |
| 61 | Liberty University | Lynchburg, VA |
| 62 | Florida State University | Tallahassee, FL |
| 62 | Quinnipiac University | Hamden, CT |
| 62 | Mercer University | Macon, GA |
| 62 | Western University of Health Sciences | Pomona, CA |
| 66 | Arizona State University - Tempe | Tempe, AZ |
| 66 | Rockefeller University | New York, NY |
| 68 | San Jose State University | San Jose, CA |
| 68 | Boston University | Boston, MA |
| 68 | Heritage University | Toppenish, WA |
| 68 | Virginia Tech | Blacksburg, VA |
| 68 | Northern Arizona University | Flagstaff, AZ |
Honorable Mentions
Here are some additional popular schools for General Biology students that almost earned our Most Popular General Biology Schools award.
General Biology by Region
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| Region |
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| Southeast |
| New England |
| Rocky Mountains |
| Plains States |
| Middle Atlantic |
| Far Western US |
| Southwest |
| Great Lakes |
General Biology Related Majors
General Biology is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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.
- 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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