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2023 Most Popular General Biology Doctor's Degree Schools in New York

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$63,040 Avg Salary

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

With 884 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general biology is the #27 most popular major in New York.

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.

The Most Popular General Biology Doctor's Degree Schools in New York ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 17 schools in New York to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the General Biology program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for biology majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai the most popular school in New York for general biology students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of New York, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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

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#2

Rockefeller University

New York, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rockefeller University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the large city of New York, Rockefeller University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 42% of the biology majors at the school.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Columbia University in the City of New York helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular general biology schools in New York. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 52% of the biology majors at the school.

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#4

New York University

New York, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York list. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

About 78% of the students majoring in biology at the school are women while 22% are male.

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#5

University at Albany

Albany, NY

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University at Albany helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular general biology schools in New York. UAlbany is a large public school located in the small city of Albany.

Women make up 53% of the biology majors at the school.

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The Graduate Center, CUNY did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for general biology students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. The Graduate Center is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of New York.

Of the 13 students majoring in biology at The Graduate Center, 15% are male and 85% are female.

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#7

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

University of Rochester ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the city of Rochester, University of Rochester is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

About 56% of the students majoring in biology at the school are women while 44% are male.

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#8

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Cornell University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York ranking. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Ithaca.

Of the 8 students majoring in biology at Cornell, 38% are male and 63% are female.

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St John’s University - New York ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the large city of Queens, STJ is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

About 43% of the students majoring in biology at the school are women while 57% are male.

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#10

Binghamton University

Vestal, NY

Binghamton University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York ranking. Located in the suburb of Vestal, Binghamton University is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 33% of the biology majors at the school.

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Best General Biology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular General Biology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 467
Maryland 129
New Jersey 346
District of Columbia 39
Delaware 27

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 17 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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