2025 Best Biology Education Schools in the Far Western US Region
4Colleges in the Far Western US Region
36Biology Teacher Education Degrees Awarded
A degree in biology education is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #467 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Biology Education Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 36 degrees in biology education to qualified students.
Your choice of biology education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Biology Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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 Education Schools in the Far Western US Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Biology Education in the Far Western US Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the biology teacher education degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Far Western US Region Schools in Biology Teacher Education
Eastern Washington University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in biology education. Located in the fringe town of Cheney, EWU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 16th out of 50 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were approximately 3 biology education students who graduated with this degree at EWU in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in biology education has to look into University of California - Irvine. UC Irvine is a very large public university located in the large city of Irvine. A Best Colleges rank of #73 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UC Irvine is a great university overall.
There were about 12 biology education students who graduated with this degree at UC Irvine in the most recent data year.
University of Nevada - Reno is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in biology education. UNR is a very large public university located in the large city of Reno. A Best Colleges rank of #427 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UNR is a great university overall.
There were approximately 4 biology education students who graduated with this degree at UNR in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Nevada State College if you wish to pursue a degree in biology education. Located in the rural area of Henderson, NSC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 7th out of 8 schools for overall quality in the state of Nevada.
There were approximately 1 biology education students who graduated with this degree at NSC in the most recent data year.
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).