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2025 Best Evolutionary Biology Schools in the Great Lakes Region

5 Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
163 Evolutionary Biology Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in evolutionary biology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #501 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 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of evolutionary biology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 163 degrees in evolutionary biology annually.

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Choosing a Great Evolutionary Biology School

Best Evolutionary Biology Schools in the Great Lakes Region Your choice of evolutionary biology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Evolutionary Biology School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Pick Your Evolutionary Biology Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Evolutionary Biology
Master's Degrees in Evolutionary Biology
Doctor's Degrees in Evolutionary Biology

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Evolutionary Biology Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Evolutionary Biology in the Great Lakes Region

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the evolutionary biology degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Evolutionary Biology

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MI
57 Evolutionary Biology Degrees Awarded

Any student pursuing a degree in evolutionary biology needs to look into University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. U-M is a very large public university located in the city of Ann Arbor. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.

There were about 57 evolutionary biology students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in evolutionary biology from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In IL
33.3% Growth in Graduates

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a good choice for students interested in a degree in evolutionary biology. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #41 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UIUC is a great university overall.

There were roughly 6 evolutionary biology students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in evolutionary biology from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Michigan State crest
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in evolutionary biology has to check out Michigan State University. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.More information about a degree in evolutionary biology from Michigan State University

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In IN

Purdue University - Main Campus is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in evolutionary biology. Purdue is a fairly large public university located in the small city of West Lafayette. This university ranks 3rd out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Indiana.

There were approximately 10 evolutionary biology students who graduated with this degree at Purdue in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in evolutionary biology from Purdue University - Main Campus

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Central Michigan crest
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In MI
37 Evolutionary Biology Degrees Awarded

Central Michigan is a fairly large public university located in the town of Mount Pleasant. This university ranks 6th out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.

There were about 37 evolutionary biology students who graduated with this degree at Central Michigan in the most recent data year.

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Best Evolutionary Biology Colleges by State

Explore the best evolutionary biology schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Ohio 939 4
Michigan 915 96
Illinois 870 4
Indiana 737 24
Wisconsin 672 1

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One of 12 majors within the Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology area of study, Evolutionary Biology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Evolutionary Biology

Related Major Annual Graduates
Epidemiology 313
Conservation Biology 110
Environmental Biology 91
Ecology 37
Epidemiology and Biostatistics 21
Evolutionary Biology 17
Aquatic Biology/Limnology 10
Other Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 2
Marine Biology 1

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