2025 Best Evolutionary Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools

Evolutionary Biology is about average in terms of popularity for bachelor's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #682 out of the 1232 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of evolutionary biology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 107 bachelor's degrees in evolutionary biology during the <nil> academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to evolutionary biology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other evolutionary biology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Evolutionary Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Evolutionary Biology in the United States

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

Top Schools for a Bachelor's in Evolutionary Biology

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Yale University
New Haven, CT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

29 Annual Graduates

Yale University is a good decision for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in evolutionary biology. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of New Haven.More information about a bachelor’s in evolutionary biology from Yale University

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Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY

10 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Stony Brook University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in evolutionary biology. SUNY Stony Brook is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Stony Brook.More information about a bachelor’s in evolutionary biology from Stony Brook University

Evolutionary Biology by Region

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Rankings in Majors Related to Evolutionary Biology

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
Marine Biology	1,843
Ecology	786
Evolutionary Biology	620
Environmental Biology	410
Conservation Biology	275
Other Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	246
Epidemiology	103
Aquatic Biology/Limnology	86

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.