2025 Best General Biology Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
General Biology is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #31 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 13 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Biology Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 441 master's degrees in general biology to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great General Biology School for Your Master's Degree
Your choice of general biology for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master'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
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general biology students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - The number of general biology students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
- Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
- Student Debt - How much debt general biology students go into to obtain their master'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 master's degree.
More Ways to Rank General Biology Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Biology Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
