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2023 Most Popular General Biology Schools in the New England Region

34 Colleges
$35,495 Avg Salary
$24,448 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best General Biology School for You

General Biology is the #33 most popular major in the country with 8,920 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

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 in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 34 schools in the New England Region 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.

Check out the biology programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the New England Region .

#1

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Our 2023 rankings named Tufts University the most popular school in the New England Region for general biology students. Located in the suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

The excellent programs at Harvard University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best general biology schools in the New England Region . Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

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The excellent programs at University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general biology schools in the New England Region . Located in the midsize city of Worcester, UMass Medical School is a public college with a small student population.

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#4

University of Saint Joseph

West Hartford, CT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Saint Joseph. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular General Biology Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of West Hartford, USJ is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#5

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, CT

Out of the 34 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Quinnipiac University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Hamden, Quinnipiac is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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#6

Boston University

Boston, MA

Boston University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular general biology programs. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular general biology programs. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#8

Elms College

Chicopee, MA

Elms College ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular General Biology Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of Chicopee, Elms College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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University of Massachusetts - Lowell came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular General Biology Schools in the New England Region ranking. UMass Lowell is a large public school located in the suburb of Lowell.

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University of Connecticut landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular general biology programs. UCONN is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.

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Best General Biology Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 457
Connecticut 113
Rhode Island 2
New Hampshire 21
Maine 8
Vermont 10

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 28 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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