2025 Best General Biology Doctor's Degree Schools in Indiana

General Biology is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #19 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Biology Doctor's Degree Schools in Indiana ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 57 doctor's degrees in general biology during the 2021-2022 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

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 general biology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of general biology students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• 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.
• Student Debt - How much debt general biology students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general biology related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

The biology 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 General Biology Doctor's Degree Schools in Indiana.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General Biology in Indiana

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

Top Indiana Schools for a Doctorate in Biology

1

University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN

22 Annual Graduates

University of Notre Dame is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in general biology. Notre Dame is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Notre Dame.More information about a doctorate in general biology from University of Notre Dame

2

Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN

22 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Purdue University - Main Campus if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in general biology. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in general biology from Purdue University - Main Campus

Best General Biology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best General Biology Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	153	40
Michigan	149	18
Ohio	144	44
Wisconsin	108	11

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General Biology Related Rankings by Major

General Biology is one of 14 different types of Biological & Biomedical Sciences programs to choose from.

Biology Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Biology Studies	49
General Biomedical Sciences	8

Majors Similar to Biology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	32
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	15
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	14
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	10
Zoology	8
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	7
Botany/Plant Biology	5
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	5
Genetics	4
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	3

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). More about our data sources and methodologies.