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2023 Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools

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Finding the Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences School for You

In 2020-2021, 28,851 biological and biomedical sciences students received their degrees and certificates, making the major the #9 most popular in the country.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools ranking. This report analyzed 610 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Biological & Biomedical Sciences program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for biological and biomedical sciences majors pursuing a .

#1

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Our 2023 rankings named Johns Hopkins University the most popular school in the United States for biological and biomedical sciences students. Located in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools list. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#3

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

Out of the 610 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the # 3 spot on the list. UF is a fairly large public school located in the city of Gainesville.

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#4

New York University

New York, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend New York University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools list. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

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#5

Boston University

Boston, MA

The excellent programs at Boston University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best biological and biomedical sciences schools in the United States. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

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#6

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

Georgetown University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular biological and biomedical sciences programs. Located in the city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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#7

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Harvard University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular biological and biomedical sciences programs. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools list. U-M is a very large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor.

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#9

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

Liberty University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular biological and biomedical sciences programs. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #10, Rutgers University - New Brunswick did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for biological and biomedical sciences students. Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public school with a very large student population.

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University of South Florida - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for biological and biomedical sciences students. It came in at #11 on the list. USF Tampa is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Tampa.

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#12

Yale University

New Haven, CT

Yale University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools ranking. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of New Haven.

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#13

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, LA

Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular biological and biomedical sciences programs. Located in the large city of New Orleans, Tulane is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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University of North Texas Health Science Center landed the #14 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular biological and biomedical sciences programs. UNT Health Science Center is a small public school located in the large city of Fort Worth.

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#15

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

Emory University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for biological and biomedical sciences students. It came in at #15 on the list. Emory is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Atlanta.

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With a ranking of #16, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for biological and biomedical sciences students. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Case Western Reserve University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools ranking. Located in the city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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With a ranking of #18, University of California - San Diego did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for biological and biomedical sciences students. Located in the city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public school with a very large student population.

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Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #19 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular biological and biomedical sciences programs. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#20

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

With a ranking of #20, University of Miami did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for biological and biomedical sciences students. Located in the small city of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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University of Alabama at Birmingham came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools ranking. Located in the midsize city of Birmingham, UAB is a public college with a very large student population.

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#22

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

Drexel University landed the #22 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular biological and biomedical sciences programs. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #23, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for biological and biomedical sciences students. Located in the large city of Dallas, UT Southwestern is a public school with a small student population.

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The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for biological and biomedical sciences students. It came in at #24 on the list. UTHealth is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Houston.

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#25

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Tufts University landed the #25 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular biological and biomedical sciences programs. Located in the large suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#26

Duke University

Durham, NC
#31

Stanford University

Stanford, CA
#32

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA
#34

George Washington University

Washington, DC
#38

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA
#39

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI
#40

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY
#45

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL
#49

University of Georgia

Athens, GA
#50

Mississippi College

Clinton, MS

Additional Award Winners

This list represents the rest of the colleges awarded a Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools badge. Showing in this list means the college was ranked in the top 15% of the 610 different United States biological and biomedical sciences schools we analyzed.

Rank College Location
51 Clemson University Clemson, SC
52 University of Louisville Louisville, KY
52 Barry University Miami, FL
54 Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network Boston, MA
54 University of California - Berkeley Berkeley, CA
56 University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi, MD
57 University of Cincinnati - Main Campus Cincinnati, OH
57 Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL
59 University of Delaware Newark, DE
60 University of California - Irvine Irvine, CA
61 University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO
62 University of Rochester Rochester, NY
63 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT
63 Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN
63 Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY
66 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York, NY
67 University of Arizona Tucson, AZ
67 Northwestern University Evanston, IL
69 Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO
69 Arizona State University - Tempe Tempe, AZ
71 Temple University Philadelphia, PA
72 Georgia State University Atlanta, GA
73 Bluefield College Bluefield, VA
74 Midwestern University - Glendale Glendale, AZ
75 Midwestern University - Downers Grove Downers Grove, IL
76 Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Stillwater, OK
77 University of Mississippi University, MS
78 Iowa State University Ames, IA
78 Auburn University Auburn, AL
80 Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL
80 Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Philadelphia, PA
80 University of Iowa Iowa City, IA
83 University of Toledo Toledo, OH
84 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
85 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
86 Washington State University Pullman, WA
86 LIU Post Brookville, NY
86 Princeton University Princeton, NJ
89 Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences Kansas City, MO
90 The Graduate Center, CUNY New York, NY
91 Brown University Providence, RI
91 Wright State University - Main Campus Dayton, OH
91 Weill Cornell Medical College New York, NY

Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools award.

Rank College Location
94 University of Kentucky Lexington, KY
95 University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE
96 Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine Scranton, PA
97 University of California - San Francisco San Francisco, CA
97 Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC
97 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA
100 Roosevelt University Chicago, IL
100 University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, NE
102 Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL
102 Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX
104 Arizona State University - Skysong Scottsdale, AZ
105 Brandeis University Waltham, MA
106 Quinnipiac University Hamden, CT
107 University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO
107 Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science North Chicago, IL
109 University of Kansas Lawrence, KS
109 University of California - Riverside Riverside, CA
111 Lincoln Memorial University Harrogate, TN
111 Florida State University Tallahassee, FL
111 University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA
111 University of South Carolina - Columbia Columbia, SC
115 Wayne State University Detroit, MI
116 Purdue University - Main Campus West Lafayette, IN
117 University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL
117 Ponce Health Sciences University Ponce, PR
119 University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT
119 University of Houston Houston, TX
121 Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI
121 Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS

Biological & Biomedical Sciences by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Biological & Biomedical Sciences Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
General Biology 8,920
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
Biotechnology 1,567
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 1,509
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 1,244
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 1,241
Pharmacology & Toxicology 825
Genetics 717
Zoology 489
Botany/Plant Biology 371
Molecular Medicine 83

Majors Similar to Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Related Major Annual Graduates
Engineering 61,791
Computer & Information Sciences 60,971
Mathematics & Statistics 15,127
Physical Sciences 12,705
Engineering Technologies 7,672

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Kelly White.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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