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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
23.7%
#1 · Presbyterian College
Division I · Big South Conference · Clinton, SC
6.4%
Median
of 364 schools, Division I
3.7×
Top vs median
how far the leader sits above the middle
17.8%
10th place
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Top 15

  1. 1Presbyterian CollegeDivision I · Big South Conference · Clinton, SC23.7%
  2. 2Alcorn State UniversityDivision I · Southwestern Athletic Conf. · Lorman, MS23.3%
  3. 3Wofford CollegeDivision I · Southern Conference · Spartanburg, SC20.8%
  4. 4University of California, San DiegoDivision I · Big West Conference · San Diego, CA20.6%
  5. 5Binghamton UniversityDivision I · America East Conference · Vestal, NY20.4%
  6. 6University of the PacificDivision I · West Coast Conference · Stockton, CA19.7%
  7. 7University of California, DavisDivision I · Mountain West Conference · Davis, CA18.8%
  8. 8Creighton UniversityDivision I · BIG EAST Conference · Omaha, NE18.7%
  9. 9Le Moyne CollegeDivision I · Northeast Conference · Syracuse, NY18.1%
  10. 10Canisius UniversityDivision I · Metro Conference · Buffalo, NY17.8%
  11. 11University of Detroit MercyDivision I · Horizon League · Detroit, MI17.6%
  12. 12Davidson CollegeDivision I · Atlantic 10 Conference · Davidson, NC17.3%
  13. 13University of California, RiversideDivision I · Big West Conference · Riverside, CA17.0%
  14. 14Loyola University ChicagoDivision I · Atlantic 10 Conference · Chicago, IL16.5%
  15. 15Rice UniversityDivision I · American Conference · Houston, TX16.3%

Every school, Division I

0.0%23.7%
#1 · Presbyterian Collegeevery school

The spread across 364 schools; the median is 6.4%.

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
1Presbyterian College
Division I · Big South Conference · Clinton, SC
23.7%50211903
2Alcorn State University
Division I · Southwestern Athletic Conf. · Lorman, MS
23.3%1074602,432
3Wofford College
Division I · Southern Conference · Spartanburg, SC
20.8%944521,873
4University of California, San Diego
Division I · Big West Conference · San Diego, CA
20.6%1,8428,92333,792
5Binghamton University
Division I · America East Conference · Vestal, NY
20.4%7533,68414,409
6University of the Pacific
Division I · West Coast Conference · Stockton, CA
19.7%1567903,297
7University of California, Davis
Division I · Mountain West Conference · Davis, CA
18.8%1,5338,15731,797
8Creighton University
Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Omaha, NE
18.7%1961,0484,262
9Le Moyne College
Division I · Northeast Conference · Syracuse, NY
18.1%965312,551
10Canisius University
Division I · Metro Conference · Buffalo, NY
17.8%673771,798
11University of Detroit Mercy
Division I · Horizon League · Detroit, MI
17.6%1438113,352
12Davidson College
Division I · Atlantic 10 Conference · Davidson, NC
17.3%875041,904
13University of California, Riverside
Division I · Big West Conference · Riverside, CA
17.0%9185,39922,646
14Loyola University Chicago
Division I · Atlantic 10 Conference · Chicago, IL
16.5%4132,50912,487
15Rice University
Division I · American Conference · Houston, TX
16.3%1741,0694,574
16University of California, Los Angeles
Division I · Big Ten Conference · Los Angeles, CA
16.3%1,5649,58333,040
17Marquette University
Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Milwaukee, WI
16.1%2521,5667,652
18University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Division I · America East Conference · Baltimore, MD
15.9%3592,26310,490
19Colorado State University
Division I · Pac-12 Conference · Fort Collins, CO
15.5%7754,99225,834
20University of Alabama at Birmingham
Division I · American Conference · Birmingham, AL
15.5%4572,94512,382
21Seton Hall University
Division I · BIG EAST Conference · South Orange, NJ
15.3%1831,1936,061
22St. John's University (New York)
Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Queens, NY
15.1%2721,79915,699
23University of South Alabama
Division I · Sun Belt Conference · Mobile, AL
15.1%2681,7728,914
24Colgate University
Division I · Patriot League · Hamilton, NY
14.8%1087293,131
25University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Chapel Hill, NC
14.6%7785,32820,681
26William & Mary
Division I · Coastal Athletic Association · Williamsburg, VA
14.6%2441,6676,963
27Alabama A&M University
Division I · Southwestern Athletic Conf. · Normal, AL
14.2%845905,845
28Michigan State University
Division I · Big Ten Conference · East Lansing, MI
14.2%1,2408,75740,483
29Bucknell University
Division I · Patriot League · Lewisburg, PA
14.0%1208603,846
30Stony Brook University
Division I · Coastal Athletic Association · Stony Brook, NY
13.6%6084,47217,549
31College of Charleston (South Carolina)
Division I · Coastal Athletic Association · Charleston, SC
13.5%2792,07410,660
32University of Pennsylvania
Division I · The Ivy League · Philadelphia, PA
13.3%3752,82711,611
33University of Pittsburgh
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Pittsburgh, PA
13.3%6374,79825,171
34Brigham Young University
Division I · Big 12 Conference · Provo, UT
13.2%8886,71932,221
35Lafayette College
Division I · Patriot League · Easton, PA
13.2%795992,764
36Boston College
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Chestnut Hill, MA
13.0%3122,39110,083
37Duke University
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Durham, NC
12.9%2742,1286,488
38University of Notre Dame
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Notre Dame, IN
12.9%3032,3578,968
39Harvard University
Division I · The Ivy League · Boston, MA
12.8%2441,9129,095
40Saint Joseph's University
Division I · Atlantic 10 Conference · Philadelphia, PA
12.8%1351,0584,828
41Boston University
Division I · Patriot League · Boston, MA
12.6%5694,50518,656
42University of Texas at Austin
Division I · Southeastern Conference · Austin, TX
12.5%1,31210,47842,444
43Coastal Carolina University
Division I · Sun Belt Conference · Conway, SC
12.4%2271,83110,306
44University of Wisconsin-Madison
Division I · Big Ten Conference · Madison, WI
12.4%1,0298,26936,797
45Sacred Heart University
Division I · Metro Conference · Fairfield, CT
12.3%1801,4666,960
46Grambling State University
Division I · Southwestern Athletic Conf. · Grambling, LA
12.2%766244,279
47University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Division I · Big Ten Conference · Minneapolis, MN
12.2%8807,21539,556
48University of South Florida
Division I · American Conference · Tampa, FL
12.2%1,2049,88237,269
49Brown University
Division I · The Ivy League · Providence, RI
11.6%2261,9447,741
50University of California, Irvine
Division I · Big West Conference · Irvine, CA
11.6%9568,21929,503
51University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Division I · Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf. · Princess Anne, MD
11.6%322762,233
52University of San Diego
Division I · West Coast Conference · San Diego, CA
11.6%1501,2905,726
53Yale University
Division I · The Ivy League · New Haven, CT
11.6%1931,6656,818
54Northwestern University
Division I · Big Ten Conference · Evanston, IL
11.4%2472,1609,157
55University of Washington
Division I · Big Ten Conference · Seattle, WA
11.4%9658,46039,515
56University of Colorado Boulder
Division I · Big 12 Conference · Boulder, CO
11.3%7506,64932,105
57The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Division I · Southland Conference · Edinburg, TX
11.2%5595,00627,040
58University of Florida
Division I · Southeastern Conference · Gainesville, FL
11.2%1,0569,44334,924
59Houston Christian University
Division I · Southland Conference · Houston, TX
11.1%595332,787
60Saint Peter's University
Division I · Metro Conference · Jersey City, NJ
11.1%504512,101
61The University of Tulsa
Division I · American Conference · Tulsa, OK
11.1%655842,485
62University of California, Santa Barbara
Division I · Big West Conference · Santa Barbara, CA
11.1%7156,42923,232
63University of South Carolina, Columbia
Division I · Southeastern Conference · Columbia, SC
11.0%6535,95428,470
64University of Vermont
Division I · America East Conference · Burlington, VT
11.0%2862,60512,168
65Alabama State University
Division I · Southwestern Athletic Conf. · Montgomery, AL
10.9%514703,322
66College of the Holy Cross
Division I · Patriot League · Worcester, MA
10.8%817513,035
67University of Missouri-Kansas City
Division I · The Summit League · Kansas City, MO
10.7%1711,59610,149
68LSU New Orleans
Division I · Southland Conference · New Orleans, LA
10.6%837805,476
69University of Illinois Chicago
Division I · Missouri Valley Conference · Chicago, IL
10.6%5375,06922,107
70Hampton University
Division I · Coastal Athletic Association · Hampton, VA
10.5%464393,255
71Providence College
Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Providence, RI
10.5%989324,191
72University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Division I · Mid-American Conference · Amherst, MA
10.5%6756,44423,936
73University of Richmond
Division I · Atlantic 10 Conference · Richmond, VA
10.5%837933,054
74Mercer University
Division I · Southern Conference · Macon, GA
10.4%1221,1734,807
75University of Georgia
Division I · Southeastern Conference · Athens, GA
10.4%8638,28831,514
76University of Nevada, Reno
Division I · Mountain West Conference · Reno, NV
10.4%3673,52317,965
77Auburn University
Division I · Southeastern Conference · Auburn, AL
10.3%6005,81226,874
78Delaware State University
Division I · Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf. · Dover, DE
10.3%646214,941
79Queens University of Charlotte
Division I · Atlantic Sun Conference · Charlotte, NC
10.3%343301,373
80University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff
Division I · Southwestern Athletic Conf. · Pine Bluff, AR
10.2%313051,905
81University of California, Berkeley
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Berkeley, CA
10.2%9359,20733,078
82University of Utah
Division I · Big 12 Conference · Salt Lake City, UT
10.2%5775,67826,827
83Gonzaga University
Division I · Pac-12 Conference · Spokane, WA
10.1%1141,1345,163
84Howard University
Division I · Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf. · Washington, DC
10.1%2021,99510,190
85University of Arizona
Division I · Big 12 Conference · Tucson, AZ
10.1%7657,56341,899
86Baylor University
Division I · Big 12 Conference · Waco, TX
10.0%3693,70615,155
87Northeastern University
Division I · Coastal Athletic Association · Boston, MA
10.0%4824,80815,891
88Princeton University
Division I · The Ivy League · Princeton, NJ
10.0%1331,3245,671
89Cornell University
Division I · The Ivy League · Ithaca, NY
9.9%3823,87516,051
90University at Buffalo, the State University of New York
Division I · Mid-American Conference · Buffalo, NY
9.9%4744,79320,463
91Tulane University
Division I · American Conference · New Orleans, LA
9.8%1992,0228,077
92University of Miami (Florida)
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Coral Gables, FL
9.8%2912,97412,883
93North Carolina State University
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Raleigh, NC
9.7%6446,66027,323
94University of Denver
Division I · West Coast Conference · Denver, CO
9.7%1241,2726,415
95Washington State University
Division I · Pac-12 Conference · Pullman, WA
9.7%5395,57921,923
96Eastern Washington University
Division I · Big Sky Conference · Cheney, WA
9.6%1821,8897,246
97Loyola University Maryland
Division I · Patriot League · Baltimore, MD
9.6%788153,987
98University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)
Division I · The Summit League · St. Paul, MN
9.6%1361,4236,044
99University of Michigan
Division I · Big Ten Conference · Ann Arbor, MI
9.5%8008,44433,730
100The Ohio State University
Division I · Big Ten Conference · Columbus, OH
9.4%1,09511,62045,728
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