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2024 Best Evolutionary Biology Doctor's Degree Schools

16 Colleges in the United States
93 Doctor's Degrees
a doctor's degree in evolutionary biology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #160 out of 862 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 16 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Evolutionary Biology Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 93 doctor's degrees in evolutionary biology to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Evolutionary Biology School for Your Doctor's Degree

Best Evolutionary Biology Doctor's Degree Schools Your choice of evolutionary biology for getting your doctor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for evolutionary biology students working on their doctor's degree.

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When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Evolutionary Biology Doctor's Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Evolutionary Biology in the United States

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for evolutionary biology students seeking a a doctor's degree.

10 Top Schools for a Doctorate in Evolutionary Biology

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Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
12 Annual Graduates

Princeton University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a doctor's degree in evolutionary biology. Princeton is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Princeton.More information about a doctorate in evolutionary biology from Princeton University

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
9 Annual Graduates

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a doctor's degree in evolutionary biology. U-M is a very large public university located in the city of Ann Arbor.More information about a doctorate in evolutionary biology from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

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Brown University
Providence, RI
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
7 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Brown University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in evolutionary biology. Located in the midsize city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in evolutionary biology from Brown University

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Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

Michigan State University is a good choice for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in evolutionary biology. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in evolutionary biology from Michigan State University

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
4 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in evolutionary biology from Texas A&M University - College Station

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
6 Annual Graduates

UC Irvine is a fairly large public university located in the city of Irvine.More information about a doctorate in evolutionary biology from University of California - Irvine

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
8 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in evolutionary biology from The University of Texas at Austin

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
6 Annual Graduates

IU Bloomington is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Bloomington.More information about a doctorate in evolutionary biology from Indiana University - Bloomington

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University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
10 Annual Graduates

KU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Lawrence.More information about a doctorate in evolutionary biology from University of Kansas

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
5 Annual Graduates

CU - Boulder is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Boulder.More information about a doctorate in evolutionary biology from University of Colorado Boulder

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Evolutionary Biology is one of 11 different types of Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology programs to choose from.

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Ecology 173
Marine Biology 71
Other Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 46
Evolutionary Biology 21
Environmental Biology 15
Conservation Biology 9
[Biological Systematics](/majors/biological-biomedical-sciences/ecology-evolution-systematics-population-biology/Biological Systematics/rankings/best-graduate-schools/doctorate-degrees/) 8
Epidemiology and Biostatistics 4
Population Biology 2

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