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2023 Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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Finding the Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor's Degree School for You

With 177,778 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, biological and biomedical sciences is the #9 most popular major in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

The Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 110 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular bachelor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Biological & Biomedical Sciences program at each school on the list.

Check out the biological and biomedical sciences bachelor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southwest Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Tempe the most popular school in the Southwest Region for biological and biomedical sciences students working on their bachelor’s degree. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

Of the 1,248 students majoring in biological and biomedical sciences at ASU - Tempe, 38% are male and 63% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

Of the 1,216 students majoring in biological and biomedical sciences at UT Austin, 38% are male and 63% are female.

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Out of the 110 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 68% of the biological and biomedical sciences majors at the school.

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#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

Out of the 110 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 61% of the students majoring in biological and biomedical sciences at the school are women while 39% are male.

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Out of the 110 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Dallas landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 663 students majoring in biological and biomedical sciences at UT Dallas, 40% are male and 60% are female.

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#6

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for biological and biomedical sciences students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

Of the 618 students majoring in biological and biomedical sciences at Texas Tech, 40% are male and 60% are female.

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#7

University of Houston

Houston, TX

University of Houston ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 63% of the students majoring in biological and biomedical sciences at the school are women while 37% are male.

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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular bachelor’s degree biological and biomedical sciences programs. UT Rio Grande Valley is a fairly large public school located in the city of Edinburg.

Women make up 67% of the biological and biomedical sciences majors at the school.

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University of North Texas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for biological and biomedical sciences students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 65% of the students majoring in biological and biomedical sciences at the school are women while 35% are male.

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#10

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, AZ

Northern Arizona University ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 490 students majoring in biological and biomedical sciences at NAU, 28% are male and 72% are female.

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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular bachelor’s degree biological and biomedical sciences programs. OSU is a very large public school located in the distant town of Stillwater.

Women make up 64% of the biological and biomedical sciences majors at the school.

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The University of Texas at San Antonio ranked #12 on this year’s Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UTSA is a very large public school located in the city of San Antonio.

Of the 410 students majoring in biological and biomedical sciences at UTSA, 39% are male and 61% are female.

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The University of Texas at Arlington came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the city of Arlington.

About 59% of the students majoring in biological and biomedical sciences at the school are women while 41% are male.

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The University of Texas at El Paso came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UTEP is a fairly large public school located in the large city of El Paso.

Women make up 63% of the biological and biomedical sciences majors at the school.

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#15

Baylor University

Waco, TX

With a ranking of #15, Baylor University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for biological and biomedical sciences students working on their bachelor’s degree. Baylor is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Waco.

Women make up 61% of the biological and biomedical sciences majors at the school.

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#16

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

With a ranking of #16, Texas State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for biological and biomedical sciences students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 68% of the students majoring in biological and biomedical sciences at the school are women while 32% are male.

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Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region award.

Rank College Location
17 University of New Mexico - Main Campus Albuquerque, NM
18 University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Norman, OK
19 Arizona State University - Skysong Scottsdale, AZ
20 Grand Canyon University Phoenix, AZ
21 New Mexico State University - Main Campus Las Cruces, NM
22 Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, TX

Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best biological and biomedical sciences schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 3,582
Texas 13,714
New Mexico 740
Oklahoma 1,804

Biological & Biomedical Sciences Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
General Biology 107,165
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
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 4,566
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) 4,420
Biotechnology 3,911
Zoology 2,984
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 2,957
Genetics 1,543
Pharmacology & Toxicology 1,042
Botany/Plant Biology 691
Molecular Medicine 83

Majors Similar to Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 254,454
Engineering 198,468
Engineering Technologies 85,188
Mathematics & Statistics 52,396
Physical Sciences 50,306

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Kelly White.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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