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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
31.7%
#1 · Centenary College (Louisiana)
Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Shreveport, LA
7.1%
Median
of 410 schools, Division III
4.5×
Top vs median
how far the leader sits above the middle
22.3%
10th place
the cut for a top-ten list

Top 15

  1. 1Centenary College (Louisiana)Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Shreveport, LA31.7%
  2. 2Millsaps CollegeDivision III · Southern Athletic Association · Jackson, MS29.7%
  3. 3Ursinus CollegeDivision III · Centennial Conference · Collegeville, PA29.2%
  4. 4University of New EnglandDivision III · Conference of New England · Biddeford, ME26.6%
  5. 5Johns Hopkins UniversityDivision III · Centennial Conference · Baltimore, MD25.8%
  6. 6Westminster College (Pennsylvania)Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference · New Wilmington, PA23.7%
  7. 7Alma CollegeDivision III · Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association · Alma, MI23.4%
  8. 8Central College (Iowa)Division III · American Rivers Conference · Pella, IA23.2%
  9. 9Lyon CollegeDivision III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Batesville, AR23.1%
  10. 10Connecticut CollegeDivision III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · New London, CT22.3%
  11. 11Earlham CollegeDivision III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Richmond, IN22.3%
  12. 12Kalamazoo CollegeDivision III · Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association · Kalamazoo, MI21.9%
  13. 13Benedictine University (Illinois)Division III · Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference · Lisle, IL21.5%
  14. 14Medgar Evers CollegeDivision III · City University of New York Athletic Conference · Brooklyn, NY21.3%
  15. 15Bates CollegeDivision III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Lewiston, ME21.2%

Every school, Division III

0.0%31.7%
#1 · Centenary College (Louisiana)every school

The spread across 410 schools; the median is 7.1%.

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
1Centenary College (Louisiana)
Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Shreveport, LA
31.7%33104620
2Millsaps College
Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Jackson, MS
29.7%38128582
3Ursinus College
Division III · Centennial Conference · Collegeville, PA
29.2%1003421,492
4University of New England
Division III · Conference of New England · Biddeford, ME
26.6%1395223,863
5Johns Hopkins University
Division III · Centennial Conference · Baltimore, MD
25.8%3471,3446,089
6Westminster College (Pennsylvania)
Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference · New Wilmington, PA
23.7%512151,155
7Alma College
Division III · Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association · Alma, MI
23.4%662821,235
8Central College (Iowa)
Division III · American Rivers Conference · Pella, IA
23.2%552371,095
9Lyon College
Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Batesville, AR
23.1%24104584
10Connecticut College
Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · New London, CT
22.3%853811,995
11Earlham College
Division III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Richmond, IN
22.3%23103635
12Kalamazoo College
Division III · Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association · Kalamazoo, MI
21.9%663021,196
13Benedictine University (Illinois)
Division III · Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference · Lisle, IL
21.5%884101,842
14Medgar Evers College
Division III · City University of New York Athletic Conference · Brooklyn, NY
21.3%783673,846
15Bates College
Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Lewiston, ME
21.2%924331,753
16Ohio Wesleyan University
Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Delaware, OH
21.1%643031,452
17The College of Wooster
Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Wooster, OH
21.0%854051,876
18University of Pittsburgh, Greensburg
Division III · Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference · Greensburg, PA
20.9%452151,326
19Huntingdon College
Division III · Collegiate Conference of the South · Montgomery, AL
19.9%33166866
20Berry College
Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Mount Berry, GA
19.4%924752,226
21Juniata College
Division III · Landmark Conference · Huntingdon, PA
19.4%532731,212
22Bowdoin College
Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Brunswick, ME
19.3%934821,850
23Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Norton, MA
19.1%693621,778
24Augustana College (Illinois)
Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin · Rock Island, IL
19.0%884642,446
25Chatham University
Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference · Pittsburgh, PA
19.0%472471,507
26Rhodes College
Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Memphis, TN
18.9%814291,936
27Case Western Reserve University
Division III · University Athletic Association · Cleveland, OH
18.8%2381,2686,186
28St. Mary's College of Maryland
Division III · United East Conference · St. Mary's City, MD
18.8%633361,577
29Gordon College
Division III · Conference of New England · Wenham, MA
18.7%573051,293
30Whitman College
Division III · Northwest Conference · Walla Walla, WA
18.7%562991,544
31Emmanuel College (Massachusetts)
Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference · Boston, MA
18.5%764101,973
32Emory University
Division III · University Athletic Association · Atlanta, GA
18.5%3762,0347,359
33Brandeis University
Division III · University Athletic Association · Waltham, MA
18.3%1387533,675
34Wisconsin Lutheran College
Division III · Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference · Milwaukee, WI
18.3%422301,021
35Austin College
Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Sherman, TX
18.2%472581,128
36Hiram College
Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference · Hiram, OH
18.1%27149983
37Vassar College
Division III · Liberty League · Poughkeepsie, NY
18.1%1055812,456
38Illinois College
Division III · Midwest Conference · Jacksonville, IL
17.9%46257956
39Arcadia University
Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom · Glenside, PA
17.8%663701,890
40University of Lynchburg
Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Lynchburg, VA
17.8%653661,792
41Allegheny College
Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference · Meadville, PA
17.7%522941,231
42Beloit College
Division III · Midwest Conference · Beloit, WI
17.3%29168948
43Bethany Lutheran College
Division III · Upper Midwest Athletic Conference · Mankato, MN
17.2%22128850
44Bryn Mawr College
Division III · Centennial Conference · Bryn Mawr, PA
17.2%55—1,349
45Haverford College
Division III · Centennial Conference · Haverford, PA
17.1%553221,424
46College of Saint Benedict
Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · St. Joseph, MN
16.6%56—1,410
47Saint John's University (Minnesota)
Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Collegeville, MN
16.6%56—1,410
48Dickinson College
Division III · Centennial Conference · Carlisle, PA
16.5%764602,204
49Hendrix College
Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Conway, AR
16.5%382311,098
50University of Pittsburgh, Bradford
Division III · Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference · Bradford, PA
16.5%291761,003
51Lake Forest College
Division III · Midwest Conference · Lake Forest, IL
16.3%684171,796
52Grinnell College
Division III · Midwest Conference · Grinnell, IA
16.2%623831,775
53Lawrence University
Division III · Midwest Conference · Appleton, WI
16.2%593641,410
54University of Minnesota, Morris
Division III · Upper Midwest Athletic Conference · Morris, MN
15.9%301891,020
55Amherst College
Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Amherst, MA
15.8%774861,910
56Carlow University
Division III · Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference · Pittsburgh, PA
15.7%422671,344
57Shenandoah University
Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Winchester, VA
15.7%825212,590
58Pomona-Pitzer Colleges
Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Claremont, CA
15.5%704511,664
59Trinity University (Texas)
Division III · Southern Athletic Association · San Antonio, TX
15.5%915882,531
60Agnes Scott College
Division III · Collegiate Conference of the South · Decatur, GA
15.3%32—911
61Cornell College
Division III · Midwest Conference · Mt. Vernon, IA
15.2%322101,082
62Franklin & Marshall College
Division III · Centennial Conference · Lancaster, PA
15.0%775141,911
63Randolph College
Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Lynchburg, VA
15.0%15100541
64University of California, Santa Cruz
Division III · Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference · Santa Cruz, CA
14.9%6954,65817,812
65Gettysburg College
Division III · Centennial Conference · Gettysburg, PA
14.8%825542,216
66Concordia College, Moorhead
Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Moorhead, MN
14.7%553751,799
67University of Dallas
Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Irving, TX
14.7%422861,427
68Warren Wilson College
Division III · Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference · Swannonoa, NC
14.7%23156742
69Christopher Newport University
Division III · Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference · Newport News, VA
14.6%1501,0264,407
70Transylvania University
Division III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Lexington, KY
14.5%302071,022
71Centre College
Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Danville, KY
14.4%432991,356
72Oglethorpe University
Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Atlanta, GA
14.4%402781,499
73Albion College
Division III · Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association · Albion, MI
14.3%372591,354
74Rutgers, The State Univ. of New Jersey, Newark
Division III · New Jersey Athletic Conference · Newark, NJ
14.3%2301,6067,417
75Union College (New York)
Division III · Liberty League · Schenectady, NY
14.3%654532,082
76Lewis & Clark College
Division III · Northwest Conference · Portland, OR
14.2%624362,194
77Hamilton College
Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Clinton, NY
14.1%694882,048
78Southern Virginia University
Division III · USA South Athletic Conference · Buena Vista, VA
14.1%22156967
79Wellesley College
Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Wellesley, MA
14.1%845972,418
80Mount Holyoke College
Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · South Hadley, MA
14.0%70—2,209
81Colorado College
Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Colorado Springs, CO
13.9%775522,145
82Coe College
Division III · American Rivers Conference · Cedar Rapids, IA
13.8%352531,278
83State University of New York at Geneseo
Division III · Empire 8 · Geneseo, NY
13.7%1269223,868
84Nebraska Wesleyan University
Division III · American Rivers Conference · Lincoln, NE
13.6%463381,531
85University of Scranton
Division III · Landmark Conference · Scranton, PA
13.6%1047653,666
86Wartburg College
Division III · American Rivers Conference · Waverly, IA
13.3%372791,454
87Muhlenberg College
Division III · Centennial Conference · Allentown, PA
13.2%675091,788
88University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Division III · Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · La Crosse, WI
13.2%2601,9669,378
89St. Norbert College
Division III · Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference · De Pere, WI
13.1%473602,089
90Smith College
Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Northampton, MA
13.0%80—2,506
91University of the South
Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Sewanee, TN
13.0%524011,615
92Macalester College
Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · St. Paul, MN
12.9%665132,142
93Kenyon College
Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Gambier, OH
12.8%483742,184
94Randolph-Macon College
Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Ashland, VA
12.8%463581,500
95University of the Ozarks (Arkansas)
Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Clarksville, AR
12.8%20156763
96Occidental College
Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Los Angeles, CA
12.7%514011,854
97Penn State Brandywine
Division III · United East Conference · Media, PA
12.7%161261,223
98Lycoming College
Division III · Landmark Conference · Williamsport, PA
12.6%292301,063
99Delaware Valley University
Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom · Doylestown, PA
12.5%372971,759
100St. Olaf College
Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Northfield, MN
12.5%816463,074
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