Question for future bio majors!

College Search & Selection
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<p>Sorry for the broad topic, but which schools in the US offer top undergraduate biology (in general) programs? ex. top 15</p>

<p>Thanks a ton!</p>

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<p>The undergraduate “ranking” list for Biology does not exist from USNWR.</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
  3. California Institute of Technology 4.7
    Harvard University (MA) 4.7
  4. Johns Hopkins University (MD) 4.6
  5. 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
  6. Cornell University (NY)     4.4
Duke University (NC)    4.4
Princeton University (NJ)   4.4

  7. Columbia University (NY)    4.3
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor   4.3
University of Wisconsin--Madison    4.3

  8. University of California--San Diego     4.2
University of Chicago   4.2
University of Washington    4.2

  9. University of Pennsylvania  4.1
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center--Dallas     4.1

  10. University of California--Davis     4.0
University of California--Los Angeles   4.0
University of Texas--Austin     4.0

  11. Baylor College of Medicine (TX)     3.9
Cornell University (Weill) (NY)     3.9
University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill   3.9

  12. Indiana University--Bloomington     3.8
Mayo Medical School (MN)    3.8
Northwestern University (IL)    3.8
University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign    3.8&lt;/p&gt;
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<p>Cornell University
Duke University
Harvard University
Princeton University
Stanford University
University of California-Berkeley
University of California-Los Angeles
University of California-San Diego
University of Chicago
University of Michigan
University of Pennsylvania
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Washington University in St. Louis
Yale University</p>

<p>Allegheny College
Amherst College
Bowdoin College
Carleton College
Davidson College
Grinnell College
Harvey Mudd College
Haverford College (& Bryn Mawr)
Kalamazoo College
Oberlin College
Pomona College
Reed College
Swarthmore College
Wellesley College
Williams College</p>

<p>Of course, there are many others besides these 30. I’ve posted lists, as have collegehelp and LakeWashington.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the quick replies!</p>

<p>But how about for colleges such as Tufts, Boston College and Emory? Does anyone know if these school offer top notch undergrad-biology programs?</p>

<p>Thx again!</p>

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<p>Tufts has an awesome biology program with strengths in both organismal and molecular biology. I’m pretty sure it offers funded summer research. Emory has a very good biology program primarily focusing on molecular biology, and students have easy access to internships at the CDC and American Cancer Society. I’m not familiar with BC.</p>

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<p>Cool, thx for the awsome answer.</p>

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<p>For those especially interested in research and/or academia, here are the undergrad schools with the highest percentages of all graduates who have gone on to get Bio PhDs over the most recent 10 year period:</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>