2024 Best Evolutionary Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in evolutionary biology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #343 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of evolutionary biology. Combined, these schools handed out 54 bachelor's degrees in evolutionary biology to qualified students.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on evolutionary biology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of evolutionary biology students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized evolutionary biology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for evolutionary biology students working on their bachelor's degree.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Evolutionary Biology in the Middle Atlantic Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in evolutionary biology.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Evolutionary Biology

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Princeton University
Princeton, NJ

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

40 Annual Graduates

Princeton University is a wonderful choice for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in evolutionary biology. Princeton is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Princeton.More information about a bachelor’s in evolutionary biology from Princeton University

2

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA

14 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in evolutionary biology. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in evolutionary biology from University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

Best Evolutionary Biology Colleges by State

Explore the best evolutionary biology colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	707	0
Pennsylvania	698	14
New Jersey	351	40

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Evolutionary Biology Related Rankings by Major

Evolutionary Biology is one of 11 different types of Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Evolutionary Biology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Ecology	181
Marine Biology	144
Environmental Biology	80
Conservation Biology	75
Aquatic Biology/Limnology	17
Evolutionary Biology	13
Epidemiology	3

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 Ernst Haeckel. More about our data sources and methodologies.