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Largest biology programs in the United States
U.S. biology programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Awards conferred |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of South Florida | Tampa | Public, 4-year | 1,091 |
| 2 | Florida International University | Miami | Public, 4-year | 1,023 |
| 3 | Texas A&M University-College Station | College Station | Public, 4-year | 1,011 |
| 4 | Arizona State University | Tempe | Public, 4-year | 896 |
| 5 | University of Central Florida | Orlando | Public, 4-year | 886 |
| 6 | University of California-Irvine | Irvine | Public, 4-year | 784 |
| 7 | The University of Texas at Austin | Austin | Public, 4-year | 744 |
| 8 | Rutgers University | New Brunswick | Public, 4-year | 707 |
| 9 | Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 632 |
| 10 | Houston Community College | Houston | Public, 4-year | 626 |
| 11 | New York University | New York | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 614 |
| 12 | University of California-Riverside | Riverside | Public, 4-year | 613 |
| 13 | Michigan State University | East Lansing | Public, 4-year | 600 |
| 14 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill | Public, 4-year | 581 |
| 15 | University of Florida | Gainesville | Public, 4-year | 577 |
| 16 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | Edinburg | Public, 4-year | 571 |
| 17 | Ohio State University | Columbus | Public, 4-year | 540 |
| 18 | University of Georgia | Athens | Public, 4-year | 534 |
| 19 | Stony Brook University | Stony Brook | Public, 4-year | 495 |
| 20 | University of California-San Diego | La Jolla | Public, 4-year | 492 |
| 21 | University of California-Davis | Davis | Public, 4-year | 487 |
| 22 | Florida Atlantic University | Boca Raton | Public, 4-year | 477 |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Madison | Public, 4-year | 467 |
| 24 | Florida State University | Tallahassee | Public, 4-year | 466 |
Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.
How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.
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