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2023 Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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Finding the Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular 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 graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Far Western US Region .

Our 2023 rankings named California State University - Long Beach the most popular school in the Far Western US Region for biological and biomedical sciences students working on their graduate certificate. CSULB is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Long Beach.

About 67% of the students majoring in biological and biomedical sciences at the school are women while 33% are male.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Washington State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular biological and biomedical sciences schools in the Far Western US Region . Wazzu is a very large public school located in the distant town of Pullman.

About 40% of the students majoring in biological and biomedical sciences at the school are women while 60% are male.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at California State University - Los Angeles helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular biological and biomedical sciences schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 56% of the biological and biomedical sciences majors at the school.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Portland State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular biological and biomedical sciences schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Portland, Portland State University is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 14 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon Health & Science University landed the # 4 spot on the list. OHSU is a small public school located in the city of Portland.

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San Jose State University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. San Jose State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Jose.

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University of Southern California landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate biological and biomedical sciences programs. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #8, University of California - Los Angeles did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for biological and biomedical sciences students working on their graduate certificate. UCLA is a very large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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With a ranking of #8, University of California - San Francisco did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for biological and biomedical sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of San Francisco, UCSF is a public college with a small student population.

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#8

Heritage University

Toppenish, WA

Heritage University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for biological and biomedical sciences students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the rural area of Toppenish, Heritage University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best biological and biomedical sciences schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 23,421
Washington 3,479
Oregon 1,766
Hawaii 496
Nevada 828
Alaska 113

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 14 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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