Biology Biological Sciences General

A general program of biology at the introductory, basic level or a program in biology or the biological sciences that is undifferentiated as to title or content. Includes instruction in general biology and programs covering a variety of biological specializations.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 1640 institutions across the United States, with a total of 277658 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

704

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

7,513

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

79,087

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

3,822

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

1,123

degrees awarded

Other Awards

185,333

awards given

Top Schools for Biology Biological Sciences General

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	2,961
2	Florida International University Miami, FL	2,835
3	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	2,298
4	University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA	2,115
5	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	1,890
6	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	1,832
7	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	1,770
8	Houston Community College Houston, TX	1,746
9	University of Georgia Athens, GA	1,716
10	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	1,659
11	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	1,581
12	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	1,560
13	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	1,551
14	Binghamton University Vestal, NY	1,452
15	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	1,446
16	Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ	1,416
17	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX	1,380
18	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	1,380
19	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	1,353
20	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	1,317
21	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	1,305
22	Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL	1,302
23	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	1,296
24	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA	1,263
25	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	1,221
26	University of North Texas Denton, TX	1,197
27	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	1,191
28	Clemson University Clemson, SC	1,179
29	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	1,176
30	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	1,173
31	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA	1,167
32	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	1,149
33	The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX	1,143
34	University of Houston Houston, TX	1,131
35	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	1,128
36	The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX	1,119
37	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	1,113
38	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	1,089
39	Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH	1,086
40	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	1,068
41	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC	1,050
42	Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA	1,041
43	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	1,002
44	University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MD	999
45	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	996
46	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	981
47	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	969
48	Ventura College Ventura, CA	958
49	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	957
50	California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA	948
51	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	933
52	University of California-Merced Merced, CA	924
53	California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA	921
54	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	906
55	University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO	885
56	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	885
57	The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX	879
58	Bakersfield College Bakersfield, CA	879
59	St. John's University-New York Queens, NY	834
60	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	828
61	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	816
62	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	810
63	The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX	801
64	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	798
65	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	792
66	East Carolina University Greenville, NC	783
67	Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, GA	777
68	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	774
69	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	762
70	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA	756
71	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse La Crosse, WI	756
72	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	747
73	Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL	747
74	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	744
75	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	744
76	Washington State University Pullman, WA	744
77	Yuba College Marysville, CA	735
78	Texas State University San Marcos, TX	732
79	University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras San Juan, PR	729
80	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	726
81	Baylor University Waco, TX	723
82	Grand Canyon University Phoenix, AZ	717
83	Rowan University Glassboro, NJ	717
84	New York University New York, NY	684
85	San Jose State University San Jose, CA	678
86	University at Albany Albany, NY	672
87	Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ	669
88	California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA	669
89	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	669
90	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	666
91	University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV	660
92	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	660
93	Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO	654
94	University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MA	648
95	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	645
96	Rutgers University-Newark Newark, NJ	642
97	University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM	639
98	Towson University Towson, MD	636
99	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	636
100	Boston University Boston, MA	633