2025 Best Evolutionary Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains 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 looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Evolutionary Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 261 bachelor's degrees in evolutionary biology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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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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The evolutionary biology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Evolutionary Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Evolutionary Biology in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Evolutionary Biology

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University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

194 Annual Graduates

University of Colorado Boulder is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in evolutionary biology. CU - Boulder is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Boulder.More information about a bachelor’s in evolutionary biology from University of Colorado Boulder

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Brigham Young University - Provo
Provo, UT

23 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Brigham Young University - Provo if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in evolutionary biology. BYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Provo.More information about a bachelor’s in evolutionary biology from Brigham Young University - Provo

Best Evolutionary Biology Colleges by State

Explore the best evolutionary biology colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Utah	415	18
Colorado	316	257
Idaho	312	0

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Evolutionary Biology Related Rankings by Major

Evolutionary Biology is one of 12 different types of Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Evolutionary Biology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	107
Environmental Biology	88
Epidemiology	79
Ecology	70
Conservation Biology	15
Aquatic Biology/Limnology	6

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.