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2023 Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region

62 Colleges
$28,770 Avg Salary
$21,249 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences 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.

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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 Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 62 schools in the Southwest Region to see which programs were the most popular 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 Colleges.

Our analysis found University of North Texas Health Science Center to be the most popular school for biological and biomedical sciences students who want to pursue a degree in the Southwest Region . UNT Health Science Center is a small public school located in the city of Fort Worth.

Full Biological & Biomedical Sciences at University of North Texas Health Science Center Report

The excellent programs at Texas A&M University - College Station helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best biological and biomedical sciences schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.

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The excellent programs at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best biological and biomedical sciences schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the large city of Dallas, UT Southwestern is a public college with a small student population.

Full Biological & Biomedical Sciences at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Report

Out of the 62 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston landed the # 4 spot on the list. UTHealth is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Houston.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at Dallas. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#6

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

With a ranking of #6, University of Arizona did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for biological and biomedical sciences students. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for biological and biomedical sciences students. It came in at #7 on the list. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Tempe.

Full Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Arizona State University - Tempe Report

Midwestern University - Glendale landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular biological and biomedical sciences programs. Midwestern University - Glendale is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Glendale.

Full Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Midwestern University - Glendale Report

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. OSU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Stillwater.

Full Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Report

Baylor College of Medicine did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for biological and biomedical sciences students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Houston, Baylor College of Medicine is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Full Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine Report

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 in the Southwest Region award.

Rank College Location
11 Arizona State University - Skysong Scottsdale, AZ
12 University of Houston Houston, TX

Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best biological and biomedical sciences colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 454
Texas 2,128
Oklahoma 193
New Mexico 69

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 26 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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