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2025 Best General Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in New York

70 Colleges in New York
6,218 Bachelor's Degrees
$32,069 Avg Early-Career Salary
Ranked #4 in popularity, general biology is one of the most sought-after bachelor's degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 70 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of general biology. Combined, these schools handed out 6,218 bachelor's degrees in general biology to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great General Biology School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Best General Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in New York The biology bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality biology program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

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

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

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Biology in New York

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for general biology students seeking a a bachelor's degree. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.

14 Top New York Schools for a Bachelor's in Biology

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254 Annual Graduates
$34,500 Median Starting Salary
$52,510 Median Student Debt

Cornell University is a good choice for students interested in a bachelor's degree in general biology. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the general biology degree program at Cornell University earn $2,431 above the typical graduate in this field shortly after graduation.

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230 Annual Graduates
$34,390 Median Starting Salary
$42,672 Median Student Debt

University of Rochester is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in general biology. University of Rochester is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Rochester.

General Biology bachelor's degree recipients from University of Rochester earn a boost of about $2,321 above the average income of general biology majors.

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It is difficult to beat Columbia University in the City of New York if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in general biology. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York.

Bachelor's recipients from the general biology program at Columbia University in the City of New York make $8,866 more than the average college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

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New York University
New York, NY
119 Annual Graduates
$30,913 Median Starting Salary
$76,844 Median Student Debt

New York University is a great choice for students interested in a bachelor's degree in general biology. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the biology program make an average of $30,913 in their early career salary.

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Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
522 Annual Graduates
$25,253 Median Starting Salary
$18,052 Median Student Debt

SUNY Stony Brook is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Stony Brook.

After graduation, biology bachelor's recipients usually make about $25,253 in their early careers.

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341 Annual Graduates
$29,892 Median Starting Salary
$20,031 Median Student Debt

University at Buffalo is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Buffalo.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the biology program report average early career wages of $29,892.

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458 Annual Graduates
$25,016 Median Starting Salary
$28,302 Median Student Debt

Binghamton University is a large public university located in the midsize suburb of Vestal.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the biology program make around $25,016 in the first couple years of working.

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Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
90 Annual Graduates
$34,841 Median Starting Salary
$40,615 Median Student Debt

Located in the city of Syracuse, Syracuse is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

General Biology bachelor's degree recipients from Syracuse University earn a boost of about $2,772 above the typical income of general biology graduates.

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207 Annual Graduates
$32,099 Median Starting Salary
$18,178 Median Student Debt

UAlbany is a fairly large public university located in the city of Albany.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the biology program make an average of $32,099 in the first couple years of their career.

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343 Annual Graduates
$23,473 Median Starting Salary
$63,756 Median Student Debt

Located in the large city of Queens, STJ is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the biology program earn an average of $23,473 in their early career salary.

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Barnard College
New York, NY

Barnard is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large city of New York.

Those general biology students who get their bachelor's degree from Barnard College receive $15,260 more than the typical biology student.

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Hamilton College
Clinton, NY

Located in the midsize suburb of Clinton, Hamilton is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Those general biology students who get their bachelor's degree from Hamilton College make $11,570 more than the average biology graduate.

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28 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Troy, RPI is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general biology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY

Located in the large suburb of Poughkeepsie, Vassar is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the general biology degree program at Vassar College get $5,733 more than the standard college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great schools for General Biology students in the state of New York that almost earned our Best General Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in New York award.

Rank College Location
15 Fordham University Bronx, NY
16 SUNY Oneonta Oneonta, NY
17 Le Moyne College Syracuse, NY
18 Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY
19 Marist College Poughkeepsie, NY
20 Union College New York Schenectady, NY
21 Clarkson University Potsdam, NY
22 The City College of New York New York, NY
23 Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY

Best General Biology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best General Biology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 274 4,093
Maryland 207 1,695
New Jersey 193 2,569
Delaware 130 229
District of Columbia 126 439

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One of 14 majors within the Biological & Biomedical Sciences area of study, General Biology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Biology Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Biology Studies 5,757
General Biomedical Sciences 461

Related Major Annual Graduates
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 805
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 601
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 265
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) 209
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 194
Zoology 111
Biotechnology 88
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 71
Pharmacology & Toxicology 58
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 44

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