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2023 Best General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Finding the Best General Biology Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 107,165 general biology students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #5 most popular in the country.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best General Biology Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in General Biology

Our 2023 rankings named Columbia University in the City of New York the best school in the Middle Atlantic Region for general biology students working on their graduate certificate. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

Full General Biology at Columbia University in the City of New York Report

#2

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

Out of the 5 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Temple is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

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#3

New York University

New York, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend New York University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend William Paterson University of New Jersey. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. William Paterson University is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Wayne.

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#5

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stony Brook University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the suburb of Stony Brook, SUNY Stony Brook is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Full General Biology at Stony Brook University Report

Best General Biology Colleges by State

Explore the best general biology colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 4,681
New York 7,502
Maryland 1,848
New Jersey 3,103
District of Columbia 478
Delaware 279

One of 14 majors within the area of study, general biology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 14,535
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 11,615
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 8,813
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 7,247
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 6,206

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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