Human Biology is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #191 out of the 395 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for human biology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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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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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 human biology degrees they offer, see the list below.
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 large suburb of Stanford. A Best Colleges rank of #3 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Stanford is a great university overall.
There were roughly 104 human biology students who graduated with this degree at Stanford in the most recent year we have data available. Those human biology students who get their degree from Stanford University make $4,857 more than the typical human biology grad.
Any student who is interested in human biology needs to check out University of Southern California. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 236 human biology students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the human biology program make an average of $30,297 in their early career salary.
Every student pursuing a degree in human biology has to take a look at University of California - Los Angeles. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 165 human biology students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in human biology needs to take a look at University of California - Irvine. UC Irvine is a very large public university located in the large city of Irvine. This university ranks 15th out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 92 human biology students who graduated with this degree at UC Irvine in the most recent year we have data available.
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).