General Biology is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #5 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Nevada to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of general biology. Combined, these schools handed out 561 degrees in general biology to qualified students.
Your choice of general biology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general biology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 General Biology Schools in Nevada list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of biology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It's difficult to beat University of Nevada - Reno if you wish to pursue a degree in general biology. UNR is a very large public university located in the city of Reno. This university ranks 2nd out of 9 schools for overall quality in the state of Nevada.
There were approximately 181 general biology students who graduated with this degree at UNR in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the general biology program at University of Nevada - Reno make $2,723 more than the typical college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
It is hard to beat University of Nevada - Las Vegas if you want to pursue a degree in general biology. UNLV is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Las Vegas. A Best Colleges rank of #149 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UNLV is a great university overall.
There were approximately 285 general biology students who graduated with this degree at UNLV in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the biology program state that they receive average early career income of $21,244.
Any student pursuing a degree in general biology has to take a look at Nevada State College. Located in the rural area of Henderson, NSC is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 4th out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Nevada.
There were approximately 24 general biology students who graduated with this degree at NSC in the most recent year we have data available. Those general biology students who get their degree from Nevada State College earn $2,051 more than the standard biology graduate.
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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Your choice of general biology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general biology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
