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2023 Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes 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.

The Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 32 schools in the Great Lakes 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found Benedictine University to be the most popular school for biological and biomedical sciences students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large suburb of Lisle, Benedictine U is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

About 83% of the students majoring in biological and biomedical sciences at the school are women while 17% are male.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular biological and biomedical sciences schools in the Great Lakes Region . U-M is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.

Women make up 76% of the biological and biomedical sciences majors at the school.

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#3

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Michigan State University is a great place for biological and biomedical sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 47% of the biological and biomedical sciences majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wright State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Dayton, Wright State University - Main Campus is a public school with a large student population.

Of the 15 students majoring in biological and biomedical sciences at Wright State University - Main Campus, 47% are male and 53% are female.

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#5

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Purdue University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular biological and biomedical sciences schools in the Great Lakes Region . Purdue is a very large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

Women make up 83% of the biological and biomedical sciences majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Valley State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. GVSU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Allendale.

Women make up 17% of the biological and biomedical sciences majors at the school.

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#7

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

Ball State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate biological and biomedical sciences programs. Ball State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Muncie.

Women make up 40% of the biological and biomedical sciences majors at the school.

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#8

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, MI

Oakland University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Oakland is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Rochester Hills.

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Western Michigan University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 4 students majoring in biological and biomedical sciences at WMU, 75% are male and 25% are female.

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Indiana University - East ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. IU East is a small public school located in the rural area of Richmond.

Women make up 50% of the biological and biomedical sciences majors at the school.

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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 Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 3,164
Michigan 5,647
Ohio 5,700
Illinois 5,068
Wisconsin 3,449

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 32 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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