<p>top Biological Sciences (Ph.D.) schools in the nation?</p>
<p>For molecular/cell biology, the top schools are Harvard, Stanford, MIT, UC Berkeley, and UCSF. Academically, all of these schools are equivalent, and a student's choice between them would likely be made on the basis of geography or on the specific advisors available at each school.</p>
<p>For evo/eco, somebody else will have to list top schools, because all I know is molecular/cell. :)</p>
<p>Duke, Stanford, Cornell, Chicago, and UCD for ecology/evolution.</p>
<p>The UC Schools are always really good.
Duke, Stanford, Chicago, Wash U. St. Louis</p>
<p>where does USC rank among these schools? is USC top 10?</p>
<p>other schools with outstanding programs in ecology/evolution/population biology include WashU, Berkeley, U of Washington, U of Texas, U of Michigan, Oregon State (yes, Oregon State), Princeton--somebody already mentioned this, but most of the UC's are outstanding as well.</p>
<p>USC's graduate programs in biology are second tier at best--this is not simply my opinion but if you look at peer assesment scores, rates of publications in top journals etc...it's simply not there.</p>
<p>I think you should finish your undergrad first (decent GPA, research experience, GRE) before thinking about top graduate programs.</p>
<p>mm... i was just wondering. Cause my cousin got in USC and she was really thrilled about it. But I found out latter tonight it was physician assistant programme, not biology Ph. D.</p>
<p>I'm not familiar with USC PA program but their physical therapy is tops in the nation. Their medical school isn't too bad either.</p>
<p>Graduate Biology; Evoloution Ecology Organismal</p>
<p>Columbia University
Stanford University
U of Washington
Michigant State University
Colorado State University
Oregon State University
U of California San Diego</p>
<p>Biochemistry and most anything else bio related--Wisconsin is broad and deep with new facilities and research programs in every major phase of biosciences.</p>
<p>USC DPT is the best in the country rankings-wise...PA and med schools are pretty well-known as well...not so much with the Biological Sciences because I think of all of these options they are the least funded...however, the are improving (such as the Neuroscience program)..just my own opinion as an undergrad in a science field at usc going the dpt route</p>