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2023 Most Popular General Biology Schools in California

40 Colleges
$30,117 Avg Salary
$20,221 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best General Biology School for You

In 2020-2021, 784 degrees and certificates were awarded to general biology students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #33 most popular major in the state.

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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular General Biology Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 40 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular 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 .

Our analysis found University of California - San Diego to be the most popular school for general biology students who want to pursue a degree in California. UCSD is a very large public school located in the city of La Jolla.

Full General Biology at University of California - San Diego Report

#2

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

The excellent programs at San Francisco State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best general biology schools in California. SFSU is a very large public school located in the city of San Francisco.

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#3

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

The excellent programs at Stanford University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general biology schools in California. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Stanford.

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Out of the 40 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Western University of Health Sciences landed the # 4 spot on the list. Western University of Health Sciences is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Pomona.

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The excellent programs at San Jose State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best general biology schools in California. Located in the large city of San Jose, San Jose State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #6, University of California - San Francisco did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for general biology students. UCSF is a small public school located in the large city of San Francisco.

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California State Polytechnic University - Pomona did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for general biology students. It came in at #7 on the list. Cal Poly Pomona is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Pomona.

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#7

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

With a ranking of #7, San Diego State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for general biology students. SDSU is a very large public school located in the city of San Diego.

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With a ranking of #9, Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for general biology students. CDU is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Los Angeles.

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California State University - Northridge ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular General Biology Schools in California list. CSUN is a very large public school located in the city of Northridge.

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Best General Biology Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Washington 96
Oregon 56
Nevada 18
Hawaii 5
Alaska 18

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.

  • 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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