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2023 Most Popular Online General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools

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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 Most Popular Online General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online biology graduate certificate 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 graduate certificate in the United States. Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 59% of the students majoring in biology at the school are women while 41% are male.

Full General Biology at George Mason University Report

#2

University of Saint Joseph

West Hartford, CT

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at University of Saint Joseph helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best general biology schools in the United States. Located in the large suburb of West Hartford, USJ is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 15 students majoring in biology at USJ, 20% are male and 80% are female.

The average amount in student loans that biology majors at USJ take out while working on their Graduate Certificate is $24,908.

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#3

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Western Kentucky University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general biology schools in the United States. Located in the city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public college with a large student population.

About 50% of the students majoring in biology at the school are women while 50% are male.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Indiana University - East helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best general biology schools in the United States. IU East is a small public school located in the rural area of Richmond.

Women make up 50% of the biology majors at the school.

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#5

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Harvard University is a great place for general biology students working on their online graduate certificate. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

Of the 3 students majoring in biology at Harvard, 67% are male and 33% are female.

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#6

New York University

New York, NY

New York University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools list. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

Women make up 50% of the biology majors at the school.

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Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. IUPUI is a very large public school located in the large 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 7 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).

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