A degree in biology education is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #467 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for biology education students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 15 degrees in biology education during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of biology education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Biology Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Biology Education Schools in California ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the biology teacher education degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top California Schools in Biology Teacher Education
Any student who is interested in biology education needs to look into Stanford University. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Stanford. A Best Colleges rank of #3 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Stanford is a great university overall.
There were about 5 biology education students who graduated with this degree at Stanford in the most recent data year.
Fresno Pacific University is a great option for students pursuing a degree in biology education. Located in the city of Fresno, Fresno Pacific is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 59th out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 1 biology education students who graduated with this degree at Fresno Pacific in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in biology education has to check out University of California - Irvine. UC Irvine is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Irvine. A Best Colleges rank of #61 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UC Irvine is a great university overall.
There were roughly 8 biology education students who graduated with this degree at UC Irvine in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in biology education needs to take a look at Biola University. Located in the suburb of La Mirada, Biola is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 58th out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 1 biology education students who graduated with this degree at Biola in the most recent data year.
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 biology education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Biology Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
