If you plan on majoring in human biology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #285 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Human Biology Schools in California ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 609 degrees in human biology to qualified students.
Your choice of human biology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Human Biology School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Human Biology Schools in California list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of human 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 hard to beat Stanford University if you want to pursue a degree in human biology. 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 104 human biology students who graduated with this degree at Stanford in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in human biology has to take a look at University of Southern California. USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 236 human biology students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in human biology has to look into University of California - Los Angeles. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 165 human biology students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in human biology needs to take a look at University of California - Irvine. UC Irvine is a very large public university located in the city of Irvine. This university ranks 15th out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 92 human biology students who graduated with this degree at UC Irvine in the most recent data year.
Human Biology is one of 0 different types of Human Biology programs to choose from.
Notes and References
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 human biology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Human Biology School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
