Federal data

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.

RankSchoolCitySectorAwards conferred
1University of South FloridaTampaPublic, 4-year1,091
2Florida International UniversityMiamiPublic, 4-year1,023
3Texas A&M University-College StationCollege StationPublic, 4-year1,011
4Arizona State UniversityTempePublic, 4-year896
5University of Central FloridaOrlandoPublic, 4-year886
6University of California-IrvineIrvinePublic, 4-year784
7The University of Texas at AustinAustinPublic, 4-year744
8Rutgers UniversityNew BrunswickPublic, 4-year707
9Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimorePrivate nonprofit, 4-year632
10Houston Community CollegeHoustonPublic, 4-year626
11New York UniversityNew YorkPrivate nonprofit, 4-year614
12University of California-RiversideRiversidePublic, 4-year613
13Michigan State UniversityEast LansingPublic, 4-year600
14University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel HillPublic, 4-year581
15University of FloridaGainesvillePublic, 4-year577
16The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyEdinburgPublic, 4-year571
17Ohio State UniversityColumbusPublic, 4-year540
18University of GeorgiaAthensPublic, 4-year534
19Stony Brook UniversityStony BrookPublic, 4-year495
20University of California-San DiegoLa JollaPublic, 4-year492
21University of California-DavisDavisPublic, 4-year487
22Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca RatonPublic, 4-year477
23University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadisonPublic, 4-year467
24Florida State UniversityTallahasseePublic, 4-year466

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.