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2023 Most Popular Online General Biology Schools

9 Colleges
$28,334 Avg Salary
$23,818 Avg Student Debt

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online General Biology Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the United States to see which online programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online biology programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

Our analysis found George Mason University to be the most popular school for general biology students who want to pursue an online degree in the United States. Located in the large suburb of Fairfax, GMU 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 Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Online General Biology Schools list. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

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#3

University of Saint Joseph

West Hartford, CT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Saint Joseph. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online General Biology Schools list. Located in the large suburb of West Hartford, USJ is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Online General Biology Schools list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#5

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Kentucky University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Online General Biology Schools list. Located in the city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public college with a large student population.

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Indiana University - East landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best general biology programs. IU East is a small public school located in the rural area of Richmond.

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#7

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Harvard University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best general biology programs. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.

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#8

New York University

New York, NY

New York University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online General Biology Schools list. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

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Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best general biology programs. IUPUI is a fairly large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

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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.

  • 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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