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2023 Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in California

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$64,354 Avg Salary
$28,431 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

Biological & Biomedical Sciences is one of the most popular subjects to study in California. With 23,421 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 9th out of all the majors we track in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in California 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for biological and biomedical sciences majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named California State University - Long Beach the most popular school in California for biological and biomedical sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Long Beach, CSULB is a public school with a very large student population.

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

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means California State University - Los Angeles is a great place for biological and biomedical sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Cal State LA is a very large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Southern California is a great place for biological and biomedical sciences students working on their graduate certificate. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Jose State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the city of San Jose, San Jose State is a public school with a very large student population.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of California - Los Angeles helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular biological and biomedical sciences schools in California. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public school with a very large student population.

Full Biological & Biomedical Sciences at University of California - Los Angeles Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - East Bay. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Cal State East Bay is a large public school located in the large suburb of Hayward.

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Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola Marymount University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Loyola Marymount is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of California - San Francisco helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular biological and biomedical sciences schools in California. UCSF is a small public school located in the city of San Francisco.

Full Biological & Biomedical Sciences at University of California - San Francisco Report

Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
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 8 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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