2024 Best Biology Studies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
162Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
16,202Biological Sciences Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in biology studies, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #6 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 162 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Biology Studies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 16,202 degrees in biology studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The biological sciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Biology Studies rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for biology studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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Best Schools for Biology Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region
The schools below may not offer all types of biological sciences degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
24 Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Biological Sciences
It's hard to beat University of Pennsylvania if you want to pursue a degree in biology studies. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #4 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were about 150 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent data year.
Cornell University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in biology studies. Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were roughly 315 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Columbia University in the City of New York if you want to pursue a degree in biology studies. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were roughly 105 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in biology studies has to take a look at New York University. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #27 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 166 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent year we have data available.
Georgetown is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington. A Best Colleges rank of #15 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Georgetown is a great university overall.
There were about 29 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at Georgetown in the most recent year we have data available.
Pitt is a fairly large public university located in the city of Pittsburgh. This university ranks 7th out of 109 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 296 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at Pitt in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #42 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UMCP is a great university overall.
There were about 560 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Rochester is a large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Rochester. This university ranks 8th out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 232 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at University of Rochester in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of Swarthmore, Swarthmore is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #46 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Swarthmore is a great college overall.
There were roughly 42 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at Swarthmore in the most recent year we have data available.
Temple is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Philadelphia. This university ranks 11th out of 109 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 291 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent year we have data available.
Bucknell is a small private not-for-profit university located in the distant town of Lewisburg. A Best Colleges rank of #66 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Bucknell is a great university overall.
There were about 62 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at Bucknell in the most recent year we have data available.
Lehigh is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Bethlehem. A Best Colleges rank of #71 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Lehigh is a great university overall.
There were roughly 43 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at Lehigh in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #49 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means GWU is a great university overall.
There were about 119 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at GWU in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Johns Hopkins is a great university overall.
There were roughly 27 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the small city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were roughly 446 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers New Brunswick in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Newark, UD is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 4 colleges for overall quality in the state of Delaware.
There were about 208 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at UD in the most recent year we have data available.
Drexel is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia. This university ranks 10th out of 109 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 141 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at Drexel in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Poughkeepsie, Vassar is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 13th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 44 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at Vassar in the most recent year we have data available.
SUNY Stony Brook is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Stony Brook. This university ranks 18th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 500 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Stony Brook in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Easton, Lafayette is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 9th out of 109 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 28 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at Lafayette in the most recent year we have data available.
UMBC is a large public university located in the suburb of Baltimore. This university ranks 4th out of 36 schools for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were roughly 344 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at UMBC in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Clinton, Hamilton is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 11th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 26 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at Hamilton in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Hamilton, Colgate is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #67 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Colgate is a great university overall.
There were about 48 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at Colgate in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the small city of Troy, RPI is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population. This school ranks 9th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 41 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at RPI in the most recent year we have data available.
Rest of the Top Best Biology Studies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
Honorable Mentions
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Biology Studies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region award.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
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The biological sciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Biology Studies rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for biology studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
