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 reviewed 4 schools in Maine to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of biology studies. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 295 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.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Biology Studies Schools in Maine list to help you make the college decision.
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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.
Any student pursuing a degree in biology studies needs to check out Bowdoin College. Bowdoin is a small private not-for-profit college located in the town of Brunswick. A Best Colleges rank of #81 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Bowdoin is a great college overall.
There were roughly 33 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at Bowdoin in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Bates College if you want to pursue a degree in biology studies. Bates is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Lewiston. A Best Colleges rank of #194 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Bates is a great college overall.
There were approximately 37 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at Bates in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Southern Maine is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in biology studies. Located in the city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 11th out of 19 schools for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were roughly 51 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at University of Southern Maine in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Maine is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in biology studies. Located in the small suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 19th out of 19 schools for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were about 64 biology studies students who graduated with this degree at UMaine in the most recent year we have data available.
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.
