If you pursue a degree in biology studies, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #6 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 71 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Biology Studies Schools in New York ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 6,751 degrees in biology studies annually.
Your choice of biology studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for biology studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The biological sciences 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 Biology Studies Schools in New York.
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The schools below may not offer all types of biological sciences degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Cornell University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in biology studies. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Ithaca. A Best Colleges rank of #9 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were roughly 312 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat New York University if you wish to pursue a degree in biology studies. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #16 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 193 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year.
Columbia University in the City of New York is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in biology studies. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #15 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were about 110 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in biology studies has to look into University of Rochester. Located in the medium-sized city of Rochester, University of Rochester is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #82 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means University of Rochester is a great university overall.
There were approximately 190 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at University of Rochester in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Stony Brook, SUNY Stony Brook is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #153 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means SUNY Stony Brook is a great university overall.
There were about 556 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Stony Brook in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 18th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 298 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at University at Buffalo in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the medium-sized suburb of Vestal, Binghamton University is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 15th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 466 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at Binghamton University in the most recent data year.
Syracuse is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Syracuse. A Best Colleges rank of #62 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Syracuse is a great university overall.
There were approximately 125 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at Syracuse in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Albany, UAlbany is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 27th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 258 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at UAlbany in the most recent data year.
STJ is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Queens. This university ranks 31st out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 288 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at STJ in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of New York, Barnard is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #86 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Barnard is a great college overall.
There were approximately 10 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at Barnard in the most recent year we have data available.
Hamilton is a small private not-for-profit college located in the midsize suburb of Clinton. A Best Colleges rank of #138 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Hamilton is a great college overall.
There were roughly 41 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at Hamilton in the most recent data year.
RPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Troy. A Best Colleges rank of #64 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means RPI is a great school overall.
There were roughly 26 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at RPI in the most recent year we have data available.
Vassar is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of Poughkeepsie. This college ranks 38th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 41 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at Vassar in the most recent year we have data available.
Here are some additional great schools for Biology Studies students in the state of New York that almost earned our Best Biology Studies Schools in New York award.
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).
Your choice of biology studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for biology studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
