Colleges With Great Biology Programs

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1. Brown University (Providence, RI)

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1. California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA)
1. Columbia University (New York, NY)

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1. Emory University (Atlanta, GA)
1. Grinnell College (Grinnell, IA)
1. Harvey Mudd College (Claremont, CA)
1. Kalamazoo College (Kalamazoo, MI)
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA): *The Top Choice
1. Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)

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1. Reed College (Portland, OR)

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1. Stanford University (Stanford, CA)

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1. Swarthmore College (Swarthmore, PA)
1. Tufts University (Medford, MA)
1. University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, CA)
1. University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)

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1. University of Washington, Seattle (Seattle, WA)
1. Wake Forest University (Winston Salem, NC)
1. Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, MO)
2. Amherst College (Amherst, MA)
2. Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
2. Austin College (Sherman, TX)
2. Baker University (Baldwin City, KS)
2. Barnard College (New York, NY)
2. Baylor University (Waco, TX)
2. Binghamton University (Binghamton, NY)
2. Boston University (Boston, MA)

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2. Bowdoin College (Brunswick, ME)
2. Brandeis University (Waltham, MA)
2. Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr, PA)
2. Bucknell University (Lewisburg, PA)
2. California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo, CA)
2. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Pomona, CA)
2. Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA)
2. Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH)

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2. Claremont McKenna College (Claremont, CA)
2. Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)
2. Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH)
2. Davidson College (Davidson, NC)
2. Duke University (Durham, NC)

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2. Earlham College (Richmond, IN)
2. Fairfield University (Fairfield, CT)
2. Gonzaga University (Spokane, WA)

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2. Grove City College (Grove City, PA)
2. Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, MN)
2. Hamilton College (Clinton, NY)
2. Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
2. Indiana University Bloomington (Bloomington, IN)
2. Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)

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2. Knox College (Galesburg, IL)
2. Lawrence University (Appleton, WI)
2. Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)

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2. Middlebury College (Middlebury, VT)
2. Morningside College (Sioux City, IA)
2. New York University (New York, NY)

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2. Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)

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2. Oberlin College (Oberlin, OH)

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2. Pennsylvania State University—University Park (University Park, PA)
2. Pomona College (Claremont, CA)
2. Purdue University—West Lafayette (West Lafayette, IN)
2. Rice University (Houston, TX)
2. Ripon College (Ripon, WI)
2. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey—New Brunswick (New Brunswick, NJ)

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2. Saint Michael's College (Colchester, VT)
2. Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania (Shippensburg, PA)
2. Skidmore College (Saratoga Springs, NY)
2. Stony Brook University (Stony Brook, NY)
2. The College of Wooster (Wooster, OH)
2. The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)

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2. The University of Montana (Missoula, MT)

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2. The University of Texas at San Antonio (San Antonio, TX)
2. The University of Tulsa (Tulsa, OK)
2. Union College (Schenectady, NY)
2. University at Albany (Albany, NY)

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2. University at Buffalo (Buffalo, NY)
2. University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
2. University of California, Davis (Davis, CA)
2. University of California, Irvine (Irvine, CA)
2. University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
2. University of California, Riverside (Riverside, CA)
2. University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA)
2. University of Colorado, Boulder (Boulder, CO)

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2. University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT)

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2. University of Hawai'i at Hilo (Hilo, HI)
2. University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign (Champaign, IL)
2. University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)
2. University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS)
2. University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY)
2. University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, MD)
2. University of Massachusetts Amherst (Amherst, MA)
2. University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL)

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2. University of Michigan—Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI)

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2. University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV)
2. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)
2. University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN)
2. University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)

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2. University of Oregon (Eugene, OR)
2. University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
2. University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
2. University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)
2. University of Wisconsin—Madison (Madison, WI)
2. Ursinus College (Collegeville, PA)
2. Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)

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2. Villanova University (Villanova, PA)

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2. Wellesley College (Wellesley, MA)
2. Wheaton College (Norton, MA)

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2. Yale University (New Haven, CT)

Source: College Finder Research

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About This List

Most liberal arts and sciences schools offer courses in biology; after all, it's a core subject. But where can you find biology departments that go beyond the basics? The following colleges offer programs that are worth a second look.

FYI, this list is from The College Finder, 2017 edition now available!