For what it’s worth, College Factual published a list of the best schools for general biology in 2019, and Tufts comes in at #3 behind MIT and Stanford, respectively.
“It is hard to beat Tufts University if you want to study General Biology. Biology majors from Tufts University earn a boost of approximately 33.7% above the average earnings of general biology graduates.”
More personally, I’ve found research opportunities to be abundant and easy to get at Tufts. Although I’m an environmental studies major and not a bio major, many of my bio friends do research with (and also get published by) professors they’ve had in the past. I do environmental research and have gotten my name put in a couple publications made by the professor under whom I work.
Tufts is great because while there’s opportunity for research, the classes are still very much liberal-arts oriented in that they’re pretty small and personal. Also, Barnum Hall will reopen after massive renovations and will be the home base for Bio and Environmental Studies, among other things—so state-of-the-art labs are something to look forward to.