2026 Best Biology Education Schools in Illinois
Biology Education programs are offered at a focused set of schools across the country. A focused field like this rewards careful comparison of the schools that offer it.
For its 2026 ranking, College Factual looked at 15 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for biology education students pursuing a degree.
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Best Schools for Biology Education in Illinois
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the biology education degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Biology Education
Leading the list is Illinois State University, our #1 school for biology education. Illinois State University is a very large public school located in the suburb of Normal. Roughly 64% of students complete a degree within six years here. There were roughly 13 biology education students who graduated with this degree at Illinois State University in the most recent data year. Students who receive their biology education degree from Illinois State University earn around $50,102 in the first couple years of their career. Students borrow a median of $24,149 to complete this degree.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 15 schools evaluated.
- 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 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
