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2023 Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Finding the Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences School for You

With 28,851 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, biological and biomedical sciences is the #9 most popular major in the United States.

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To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 122 schools in the Middle Atlantic 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 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 Middle Atlantic Region for biological and biomedical sciences students. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.

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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 in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

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#3

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 #3 on this year’s Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#4

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Georgetown University is a great place for biological and biomedical sciences students. Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Rutgers New Brunswick is a fairly large public school located in the small city of New Brunswick.

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#6

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

Drexel University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular biological and biomedical sciences programs. Drexel is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

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#7

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

University of Pennsylvania ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public college with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #9, George Washington University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for biological and biomedical sciences students. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

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#10

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

University at Buffalo landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular biological and biomedical sciences programs. University at Buffalo is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Buffalo.

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University of Maryland Global Campus ranked #11 on this year’s Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. UMGC is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Adelphi.

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#12

University of Delaware

Newark, DE

With a ranking of #12, University of Delaware did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for biological and biomedical sciences students. Located in the suburb of Newark, UD is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#13

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

University of Rochester landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular biological and biomedical sciences programs. University of Rochester is a large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Rochester.

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#14

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

Stony Brook University ranked #14 on this year’s Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the suburb of Stony Brook, SUNY Stony Brook is a public college with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #15, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for biological and biomedical sciences students. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

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#16

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

Temple University landed the #16 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular biological and biomedical sciences programs. Temple is a very large public school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

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With a ranking of #17, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for biological and biomedical sciences students. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#18

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Cornell University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for biological and biomedical sciences students. It came in at #18 on the list. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional popular schools for Biological & Biomedical Sciences students in the Middle Atlantic Region that almost earned our Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region award.

Rank College Location
19 LIU Post Brookville, NY
19 Princeton University Princeton, NJ
21 The Graduate Center, CUNY New York, NY
22 Weill Cornell Medical College New York, NY
23 Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine Scranton, PA
24 Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx, NY
24 University of Maryland - Baltimore Baltimore, MD

Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best biological and biomedical sciences schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 2,741
Pennsylvania 1,335
Maryland 1,138
New Jersey 595
District of Columbia 738
Delaware 138

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

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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