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Best for biological sciences

Where biological sciences is the biggest part of what the school does: the share of bachelor's degrees awarded in the field.

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All divisionsDivision IDivision IIDivision III
46.4%
#1 · Eckerd College
Division II · Sunshine State Conference · St. Petersburg, FL
6.2%
Median
of 1,068 schools, all divisions
7.5×
Top vs median
how far the leader sits above the middle
23.7%
10th place
the cut for a top-ten list

Top 15

  1. 1Eckerd CollegeDivision II · Sunshine State Conference · St. Petersburg, FL46.4%
  2. 2Centenary College (Louisiana)Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Shreveport, LA31.7%
  3. 3University of Puerto Rico, BayamonDivision II · Independent · Bayamon, PR29.9%
  4. 4Millsaps CollegeDivision III · Southern Athletic Association · Jackson, MS29.7%
  5. 5Ursinus CollegeDivision III · Centennial Conference · Collegeville, PA29.2%
  6. 6Nova Southeastern UniversityDivision II · Sunshine State Conference · Fort Lauderdale, FL28.1%
  7. 7Lees-McRae CollegeDivision II · Conference Carolinas · Banner Elk, NC26.8%
  8. 8University of New EnglandDivision III · Conference of New England · Biddeford, ME26.6%
  9. 9Johns Hopkins UniversityDivision III · Centennial Conference · Baltimore, MD25.8%
  10. 10Presbyterian CollegeDivision I · Big South Conference · Clinton, SC23.7%
  11. 11Westminster College (Pennsylvania)Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference · New Wilmington, PA23.7%
  12. 12Alma CollegeDivision III · Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association · Alma, MI23.4%
  13. 13Alcorn State UniversityDivision I · Southwestern Athletic Conf. · Lorman, MS23.3%
  14. 14Central College (Iowa)Division III · American Rivers Conference · Pella, IA23.2%
  15. 15Lyon CollegeDivision III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Batesville, AR23.1%

Every school, all divisions

0.0%46.4%
#1 · Eckerd Collegeevery school

The spread across 1,068 schools; the median is 6.2%.

How it is measured

First majors, bachelor’s degrees; schools awarding at least 100 bachelor’s degrees. Share, not headcount: a big university can award more degrees and still rank lower.

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The full list · top 100

#SchoolShare of bachelor's degrees in biological sciencesIn this fieldBachelor's a yearUndergrads
1Eckerd College
Division II · Sunshine State Conference · St. Petersburg, FL
46.4%1994291,986
2Centenary College (Louisiana)
Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Shreveport, LA
31.7%33104620
3University of Puerto Rico, Bayamon
Division II · Independent · Bayamon, PR
29.9%993312,967
4Millsaps College
Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Jackson, MS
29.7%38128582
5Ursinus College
Division III · Centennial Conference · Collegeville, PA
29.2%1003421,492
6Nova Southeastern University
Division II · Sunshine State Conference · Fort Lauderdale, FL
28.1%5571,9847,219
7Lees-McRae College
Division II · Conference Carolinas · Banner Elk, NC
26.8%52194818
8University of New England
Division III · Conference of New England · Biddeford, ME
26.6%1395223,863
9Johns Hopkins University
Division III · Centennial Conference · Baltimore, MD
25.8%3471,3446,089
10Presbyterian College
Division I · Big South Conference · Clinton, SC
23.7%50211903
11Westminster College (Pennsylvania)
Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference · New Wilmington, PA
23.7%512151,155
12Alma College
Division III · Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association · Alma, MI
23.4%662821,235
13Alcorn State University
Division I · Southwestern Athletic Conf. · Lorman, MS
23.3%1074602,432
14Central College (Iowa)
Division III · American Rivers Conference · Pella, IA
23.2%552371,095
15Lyon College
Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Batesville, AR
23.1%24104584
16Connecticut College
Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · New London, CT
22.3%853811,995
17Earlham College
Division III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Richmond, IN
22.3%23103635
18Kalamazoo College
Division III · Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association · Kalamazoo, MI
21.9%663021,196
19Benedictine University (Illinois)
Division III · Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference · Lisle, IL
21.5%884101,842
20Medgar Evers College
Division III · City University of New York Athletic Conference · Brooklyn, NY
21.3%783673,846
21Bates College
Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Lewiston, ME
21.2%924331,753
22Ohio Wesleyan University
Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Delaware, OH
21.1%643031,452
23The College of Wooster
Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Wooster, OH
21.0%854051,876
24University of Pittsburgh, Greensburg
Division III · Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference · Greensburg, PA
20.9%452151,326
25Wofford College
Division I · Southern Conference · Spartanburg, SC
20.8%944521,873
26University of California, San Diego
Division I · Big West Conference · San Diego, CA
20.6%1,8428,92333,792
27Binghamton University
Division I · America East Conference · Vestal, NY
20.4%7533,68414,409
28Huntingdon College
Division III · Collegiate Conference of the South · Montgomery, AL
19.9%33166866
29University of the Pacific
Division I · West Coast Conference · Stockton, CA
19.7%1567903,297
30Berry College
Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Mount Berry, GA
19.4%924752,226
31Juniata College
Division III · Landmark Conference · Huntingdon, PA
19.4%532731,212
32Bowdoin College
Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Brunswick, ME
19.3%934821,850
33Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Norton, MA
19.1%693621,778
34Augustana College (Illinois)
Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin · Rock Island, IL
19.0%884642,446
35Chatham University
Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference · Pittsburgh, PA
19.0%472471,507
36Rhodes College
Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Memphis, TN
18.9%814291,936
37Case Western Reserve University
Division III · University Athletic Association · Cleveland, OH
18.8%2381,2686,186
38St. Mary's College of Maryland
Division III · United East Conference · St. Mary's City, MD
18.8%633361,577
39University of California, Davis
Division I · Mountain West Conference · Davis, CA
18.8%1,5338,15731,797
40Creighton University
Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Omaha, NE
18.7%1961,0484,262
41Gordon College
Division III · Conference of New England · Wenham, MA
18.7%573051,293
42Whitman College
Division III · Northwest Conference · Walla Walla, WA
18.7%562991,544
43Emmanuel College (Massachusetts)
Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference · Boston, MA
18.5%764101,973
44Emory University
Division III · University Athletic Association · Atlanta, GA
18.5%3762,0347,359
45Brandeis University
Division III · University Athletic Association · Waltham, MA
18.3%1387533,675
46Wisconsin Lutheran College
Division III · Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference · Milwaukee, WI
18.3%422301,021
47Austin College
Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Sherman, TX
18.2%472581,128
48Hiram College
Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference · Hiram, OH
18.1%27149983
49Le Moyne College
Division I · Northeast Conference · Syracuse, NY
18.1%965312,551
50Vassar College
Division III · Liberty League · Poughkeepsie, NY
18.1%1055812,456
51Florida Southern College
Division II · Sunshine State Conference · Lakeland, FL
17.9%1116212,626
52Illinois College
Division III · Midwest Conference · Jacksonville, IL
17.9%46257956
53Savannah State University
Division II · Southern Intercol. Ath. Conf. · Savannah, GA
17.9%693852,857
54Arcadia University
Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom · Glenside, PA
17.8%663701,890
55Canisius University
Division I · Metro Conference · Buffalo, NY
17.8%673771,798
56University of Lynchburg
Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Lynchburg, VA
17.8%653661,792
57Allegheny College
Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference · Meadville, PA
17.7%522941,231
58University of Detroit Mercy
Division I · Horizon League · Detroit, MI
17.6%1438113,352
59University of California, Merced
Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association · Merced, CA
17.5%2861,6328,372
60Western Colorado University
Division II · Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference · Gunnison, CO
17.5%533033,569
61Northern State University
Division II · Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference · Aberdeen, SD
17.4%412352,932
62Beloit College
Division III · Midwest Conference · Beloit, WI
17.3%29168948
63Davidson College
Division I · Atlantic 10 Conference · Davidson, NC
17.3%875041,904
64Bethany Lutheran College
Division III · Upper Midwest Athletic Conference · Mankato, MN
17.2%22128850
65Bryn Mawr College
Division III · Centennial Conference · Bryn Mawr, PA
17.2%55—1,349
66Haverford College
Division III · Centennial Conference · Haverford, PA
17.1%553221,424
67University of California, Riverside
Division I · Big West Conference · Riverside, CA
17.0%9185,39922,646
68College of Saint Benedict
Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · St. Joseph, MN
16.6%56—1,410
69Saint John's University (Minnesota)
Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Collegeville, MN
16.6%56—1,410
70Dickinson College
Division III · Centennial Conference · Carlisle, PA
16.5%764602,204
71Drury University
Division II · Great Lakes Valley Conference · Springfield, MO
16.5%513091,368
72Hendrix College
Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Conway, AR
16.5%382311,098
73Loyola University Chicago
Division I · Atlantic 10 Conference · Chicago, IL
16.5%4132,50912,487
74University of Pittsburgh, Bradford
Division III · Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference · Bradford, PA
16.5%291761,003
75Lake Forest College
Division III · Midwest Conference · Lake Forest, IL
16.3%684171,796
76Rice University
Division I · American Conference · Houston, TX
16.3%1741,0694,574
77University of California, Los Angeles
Division I · Big Ten Conference · Los Angeles, CA
16.3%1,5649,58333,040
78Grinnell College
Division III · Midwest Conference · Grinnell, IA
16.2%623831,775
79Lawrence University
Division III · Midwest Conference · Appleton, WI
16.2%593641,410
80Marquette University
Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Milwaukee, WI
16.1%2521,5667,652
81University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Division I · America East Conference · Baltimore, MD
15.9%3592,26310,490
82University of Minnesota, Morris
Division III · Upper Midwest Athletic Conference · Morris, MN
15.9%301891,020
83Amherst College
Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Amherst, MA
15.8%774861,910
84Carlow University
Division III · Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference · Pittsburgh, PA
15.7%422671,344
85Shenandoah University
Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Winchester, VA
15.7%825212,590
86Colorado State University
Division I · Pac-12 Conference · Fort Collins, CO
15.5%7754,99225,834
87Pomona-Pitzer Colleges
Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Claremont, CA
15.5%704511,664
88Trinity University (Texas)
Division III · Southern Athletic Association · San Antonio, TX
15.5%915882,531
89University of Alabama at Birmingham
Division I · American Conference · Birmingham, AL
15.5%4572,94512,382
90Agnes Scott College
Division III · Collegiate Conference of the South · Decatur, GA
15.3%32—911
91Seton Hall University
Division I · BIG EAST Conference · South Orange, NJ
15.3%1831,1936,061
92University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
Division II · Independent · Mayaguez, PR
15.3%2321,5219,855
93Barry University
Division II · Sunshine State Conference · Miami Shores, FL
15.2%795193,150
94Cornell College
Division III · Midwest Conference · Mt. Vernon, IA
15.2%322101,082
95Miles College
Division II · Southern Intercol. Ath. Conf. · Fairfield, AL
15.1%231521,151
96St. John's University (New York)
Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Queens, NY
15.1%2721,79915,699
97University of South Alabama
Division I · Sun Belt Conference · Mobile, AL
15.1%2681,7728,914
98Franklin & Marshall College
Division III · Centennial Conference · Lancaster, PA
15.0%775141,911
99Randolph College
Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Lynchburg, VA
15.0%15100541
100University of California, Santa Cruz
Division III · Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference · Santa Cruz, CA
14.9%6954,65817,812
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