Top 7 Ivy League Colleges for Biology

3. Princeton

The US News rank: 9

College Factual rank: 8

Number of specialties among top-20 in the US: 3

Biology at Princeton focuses on interdisciplinary approaches, collaboration and mobility between departments, and open curriculum. Graduate students can choose one of four core programs – Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, and Quantitative and Computational Biology while first three programs also admit undergraduate students. The Scientist named Princeton’s graduate school best in the US among other things because its faculty members received numerous prestigious awards.

There are a few reasons why one would want to get into Princeton. The university has 83 percent of full-time staff; the graduation rate is 96 percent, and average net price of $36,517 is the lowest on this list. According to College Factual, Princeton offers a few highest-rated programs in biological science in the US, while its biochemistry, biophysics, and molecular biology programs are named the best in America. At the same time, US News ranks graduate program in biological science as ninth.

Top 7 Ivy League Colleges for Biology

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