<p>I was wondering what the top schools are for biology majors, mainly for research, in the Northeast that also have a good program in other sciences. Right now, my interests lie in molecular biology. I live in New York and do not want to go to school too far from here. Thank you!!</p>
<p>Here is Bio/Chem Grad; there is no Bio or Chem undergrad ranking, but I do have BME and CME undergrad rankings.</p>
<p>Biology</p>
<p>Biological Sciences (Ph.D.)<br>
Ranked in 2007* </p>
<p>Rank/School Average assessment
score (5.0 = highest)
1. Stanford University (CA) 4.9
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4.8
University of California--Berkeley 4.8
4. California Institute of Technology 4.7
Harvard University (MA) 4.7
6. Johns Hopkins University (MD) 4.6
7. Rockefeller University (NY) 4.5
Scripps Research Institute (CA) 4.5
University of California--San Francisco 4.5
Washington University in St. Louis 4.5
Yale University (CT) 4.5
12. Cornell University (NY) 4.4
Duke University (NC) 4.4
Princeton University (NJ) 4.4
15. Columbia University (NY) 4.3
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor 4.3
University of Wisconsin--Madison 4.3
18. University of California--San Diego 4.2
University of Chicago 4.2
University of Washington 4.2
21. University of Pennsylvania 4.1
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center--Dallas 4.1
23. University of California--Davis 4.0
University of California--Los Angeles 4.0
University of Texas--Austin 4.0
26. Baylor College of Medicine (TX) 3.9
Cornell University (Weill) (NY) 3.9
University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill 3.9
29. Indiana University--Bloomington 3.8
Mayo Medical School (MN) 3.8
Northwestern University (IL) 3.8
University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign 3.8
33. University of Colorado--Boulder 3.7
34. Brown University (RI) 3.6
Carnegie Mellon University (PA) 3.6
Dartmouth College (NH) 3.6
Emory University (GA) 3.6
Michigan State University 3.6
University of California--Irvine 3.6
University of Minnesota--Twin Cities 3.6
Vanderbilt University (TN) 3.6
42. Case Western Reserve University (OH) 3.5
Ohio State University 3.5
Pennsylvania State University--University Park 3.5
Purdue University--West Lafayette (IN) 3.5
University of Arizona 3.5
University of Virginia 3.5
48. Brandeis University (MA) 3.4
Rice University (TX) 3.4
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick 3.4
SUNY--Stony Brook 3.4
University of Colorado--Denver and Health Sciences Center 3.4
University of Florida 3.4
University of Iowa 3.4
University of Maryland--College Park 3.4
University of Oregon 3.4
Yeshiva University (Einstein) (NY) 3.4
58. Arizona State University 3.3
Mount Sinai School of Medicine (NY) 3.3
New York University 3.3
University of Alabama--Birmingham 3.3
University of California--Santa Barbara 3.3
University of Georgia 3.3
University of Kansas 3.3
University of Massachusetts Medical Center--Worcester 3.3
University of Pittsburgh 3.3
University of Utah 3.3
68. Georgia Institute of Technology 3.2
Iowa State University 3.2
Oregon State University 3.2
Texas A&M University--College Station 3.2
Tufts University (MA) 3.2
University of California--Riverside 3.2
University of California--Santa Cruz 3.2
University of Massachusetts--Amherst 3.2
University of Texas Medical Branch--Galveston 3.2
77. Baylor University (TX) 3.1
Colorado State University 3.1
Georgetown University (DC) 3.1
North Carolina State University 3.1
OGI School of Sci. & Engineering--Oregon Health & Sci. U. 3.1
University of Connecticut 3.1
University of Illinois--Chicago 3.1
University of Missouri--Columbia 3.1
University of Rochester (NY) 3.1
University of Texas Health Science Center--Houston 3.1
Virginia Tech 3.1
Washington State University 3.1
89. Boston University 3.0
Florida State University 3.0
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) 3.0
Syracuse University (NY) 3.0
UMDNJ--New Jersey Medical School 3.0
University of Southern California 3.0
95. CUNY Graduate School and University Center 2.9
George Washington University (DC) 2.9
Kansas State University 2.9
Ohio University 2.9
Thomas Jefferson University (PA) 2.9
University of Delaware 2.9
University of Maryland--Baltimore 2.9
University of Notre Dame (IN) 2.9
University of Tennessee--Knoxville 2.9
Wake Forest University (NC) 2.9
105. Auburn University (AL) 2.8
Claremont Graduate University (CA) 2.8
Louisiana State University--Baton Rouge 2.8
Medical College of Wisconsin 2.8
Oklahoma State University 2.8
San Diego State University 2.8
St. Louis University 2.8
Temple University (PA) 2.8
Tulane University 2.8
University at Buffalo--SUNY 2.8
University of Kentucky 2.8
University of Miami (FL) 2.8
University of Nebraska--Lincoln 2.8
University of New Mexico 2.8
University of Oklahoma 2.8
University of Texas Health Science Center--San Antonio 2.8
University of Texas--San Antonio 2.8
122. Boston College 2.7
Brigham Young University (UT) 2.7
College of William and Mary (VA) 2.7
Drexel University (PA) 2.7
Northeastern University (MA) 2.7
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry 2.7
SUNY--Albany 2.7
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (MD) 2.7
University of Alaska--Fairbanks 2.7
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 2.7
University of Missouri--St. Louis 2.7
University of Nebraska Medical Center 2.7
University of Tennessee Health Science Center 2.7
University of Vermont 2.7
136. Clemson University (SC) 2.6
Drexel University (College of Medicine) (PA) 2.6
Loyola University Chicago 2.6
Marquette University (WI) 2.6
Medical University of South Carolina 2.6
Miami University--Oxford (OH) 2.6
Northern Arizona University 2.6
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--Newark 2.6
SUNY--Upstate Medical Center 2.6
University of Cincinnati 2.6
University of New Hampshire 2.6
University of Rhode Island 2.6
University of Texas--Dallas 2.6
Utah State University 2.6
Wayne State University (MI) 2.6
West Virginia University 2.6
152. George Mason University (VA) 2.5
Indiana State University 2.5
New York Medical College 2.5
SUNY--Binghamton 2.5
Southern Methodist University (TX) 2.5
Teachers College, Columbia University (NY) 2.5
University of Arkansas--Fayetteville 2.5
University of Hawaii--Manoa 2.5
University of Maryland--Baltimore County 2.5
University of Montana 2.5
University of South Carolina 2.5
University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee 2.5
Virginia Commonwealth University 2.5
Wesleyan University (CT) 2.5</p>
<p>Chemistry</p>
<p>Chemistry (Ph.D.)<br>
Ranked in 2007* </p>
<p>Rank/School Average assessment
score (5.0 = highest)
1. California Institute of Technology 4.9
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4.9
Stanford University (CA) 4.9
University of California--Berkeley 4.9
5. Harvard University (MA) 4.8
6. Scripps Research Institute (CA) 4.6
7. University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign 4.5
University of Wisconsin--Madison 4.5
9. Cornell University (NY) 4.4
Northwestern University (IL) 4.4
11. Columbia University (NY) 4.3
12. University of California--Los Angeles 4.2
University of Chicago 4.2
University of Texas--Austin 4.2
15. Yale University (CT) 4.1
16. Pennsylvania State University--University Park 4.0
Princeton University (NJ) 4.0
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor 4.0
University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill 4.0
20. University of California--San Diego 3.9
University of Pennsylvania 3.9
22. Purdue University--West Lafayette (IN) 3.8
Texas A&M University--College Station 3.8
University of California--Irvine 3.8
University of Minnesota--Twin Cities 3.8
26. Georgia Institute of Technology 3.7
University of California--Santa Barbara 3.7
28. Johns Hopkins University (MD) 3.6
Ohio State University 3.6
Rice University (TX) 3.6
University of California--San Francisco 3.6
University of Colorado--Boulder 3.6
University of Washington 3.6
34. Indiana University--Bloomington 3.5
University of California--Davis 3.5
36. Emory University (GA) 3.4
Iowa State University 3.4
Michigan State University 3.4
University of Arizona 3.4
University of Florida 3.4
University of Maryland--College Park 3.4
University of Utah 3.4
43. Colorado State University 3.3
Duke University (NC) 3.3
University of Pittsburgh 3.3
University of Southern California 3.3
Washington University in St. Louis 3.3
48. Florida State University 3.2
University of California--Riverside 3.2
50. Arizona State University 3.1
Boston College 3.1
Carnegie Mellon University (PA) 3.1
North Carolina State University 3.1
SUNY--Stony Brook 3.1
University of Georgia 3.1
University of Massachusetts--Amherst 3.1
University of Rochester (NY) 3.1
University of Virginia 3.1
59. Brown University (RI) 3.0
University of Oregon 3.0
Vanderbilt University (TN) 3.0
62. Boston University 2.9
University of Delaware 2.9
University of Illinois--Chicago 2.9
University of Iowa 2.9
University of Kansas 2.9
University of Notre Dame (IN) 2.9
68. Brandeis University (MA) 2.8
Case Western Reserve University (OH) 2.8
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick 2.8
University at Buffalo--SUNY 2.8
Virginia Tech 2.8
Wayne State University (MI) 2.8
74. Dartmouth College (NH) 2.7
Louisiana State University--Baton Rouge 2.7
New York University 2.7
Oregon State University 2.7
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) 2.7
University of Nebraska--Lincoln 2.7
Washington State University 2.7
81. Syracuse University (NY) 2.6
University of California--Santa Cruz 2.6
University of Connecticut 2.6
University of Houston 2.6
University of Missouri--Columbia 2.6
University of South Carolina 2.6
University of Tennessee--Knoxville 2.6
88. Clemson University (SC) 2.5
Kansas State University 2.5
Tufts University (MA) 2.5
University of Cincinnati 2.5</p>
<p>In the northeast...
Allegheny College (PA)
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
SUNY Stony Brook
SUNY Buffalo
SUNY Plattsburgh
Lehigh University (PA)
Rensalaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)
U of New Hampshire</p>
<p>Cornell, Columbia, U Rochester</p>
<p>Biology rankings from Gourman Report
Caltech
MIT
Yale
Harvard
Wisconsin
UC San Diego
UC Berkeley
U Colorado
Columbia
Stanford
U Washington
U Chicago
Duke
Wash U St Louis
UCLA
U Michigan
Cornell
U Penn
Purdue
Indiana U
UNC Chapel Hill
U Utah
Johns Hopkins
Northwestern
Princeton
UC Irvine
Notre Dame
UC Santa Barbara
UVA
Brown
U Illinois Urbana Champaign
U Pittsburgh
Vanderbilt
U Oregon
SUNY Stony Brook
U Rochester
Tufts
U Minnesota
SUNY Buffalo
U Texas Austin
Florida State
Michigan State
USC
U Connecticut
UC Riverside
Rice
Iowa State
SUNY Albany
Case Western
Boston U
Ohio State
NYU
U Iowa
Penn State
Emory
Brandeis
U Kansas
Rutgers New Brunswick
Tulane
US Air Force Academy
U Missouri Columbia</p>
<p>US News has Biochem in two ways--under Bio and under Chemistry. Under Chemistry the top 10 ARE</p>
<p>ucb
mit
Harvard
Stanford
Wisconsin
Cal Tech
UCSD
Yale</p>
<p>Two grad only programs left out. (UCSF and Scripps Institute)</p>
<p>For those interested in Bio research, here are the top 27 undergrad schools by future Bio PhD percentage over a recent 10 year period (including some in the Northeast):</p>
<p>Percent of PhDs per grad
Academic field: Bio and Health Sciences</p>
<p>PhDs and Doctoral Degrees:
ten years (1994 to 2003) from NSF database</p>
<p>Number of Undergraduates:
ten years (1989 to 1998) from IPEDS database</p>
<p>Note: Does not include colleges with less than 1000 graduates over the ten year period </p>
<p>1 California Institute of Technology 5.4%
2 Reed College 4.8%
3 Swarthmore College 4.4%
4 University of Chicago 3.3%
5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 3.1%
6 University of California-San Francisco 3.1%
7 Harvard University 3.0%
8 Kalamazoo College 3.0%
9 Harvey Mudd College 2.9%
10 Earlham College 2.8%
11 Johns Hopkins University 2.7%
12 Princeton University 2.6%
13 Haverford College 2.6%
14 Mount Holyoke College 2.6%
15 Yale University 2.5%
16 Rice University 2.5%
17 Lawrence University 2.5%
18 Carleton College 2.5%
19 Stanford University 2.5%
20 Oberlin College 2.4%
21 Cornell University, All Campuses 2.4%
22 Grinnell College 2.3%
23 Hendrix College 2.3%
24 Bryn Mawr College 2.1%
25 Bowdoin College 2.1%
26 Wellesley College 2.1%
27 Amherst College 2.1%</p>
<p>(courtesy of interesteddad)</p>