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2023 Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

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Finding the Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 28,851 biological and biomedical sciences students received a degree or certificate, 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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 15 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Missouri - Columbia the most popular school in the Plains States Region for biological and biomedical sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

Of the 19 students majoring in biological and biomedical sciences at Mizzou, 16% are male and 84% are female.

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#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

Out of the 15 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a very large student population.

About 46% of the students majoring in biological and biomedical sciences at the school are women while 54% are male.

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#3

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Out of the 15 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Capella University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 78% of the biological and biomedical sciences majors at the school.

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#4

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Kansas State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular biological and biomedical sciences schools in the Plains States Region . K -State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Manhattan.

About 80% of the students majoring in biological and biomedical sciences at the school are women while 20% are male.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Missouri State University - Springfield helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular biological and biomedical sciences schools in the Plains States Region . Missouri State is a very large public school located in the city of Springfield.

Of the 4 students majoring in biological and biomedical sciences at Missouri State, 25% are male and 75% are female.

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#5

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Kansas helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular biological and biomedical sciences schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 4 students majoring in biological and biomedical sciences at KU, 25% are male and 75% are female.

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public college with a very large student population.

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University of Nebraska Medical Center landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate biological and biomedical sciences programs. UNMC is a small public school located in the city of Omaha.

About 67% of the students majoring in biological and biomedical sciences at the school are women while 33% are male.

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With a ranking of #9, University of Missouri - St Louis did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for biological and biomedical sciences students working on their graduate certificate. UMSL is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

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University of Nebraska at Omaha landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate biological and biomedical sciences programs. UNOMAHA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Omaha.

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Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best biological and biomedical sciences schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 175
Missouri 426
Minnesota 363
Iowa 237
North Dakota 56
Nebraska 226
South Dakota 42

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 15 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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