Top 7 Ivy League Colleges for Biology

2. Yale

The US News rank: 7

College Factual rank:  9

Number of specialties among top-20 in the US: 5

Undergraduate and graduate biology studies at Yale span across different departments, centers, institutes and programs which are part of different faculties and schools. Yale puts great emphasis on the interdisciplinary approach and its staff and students benefit from collaboration with colleagues from different fields.

According to College Factual Yale offers the best program for biology majors. At the same time, the site ranks its program in biological science as ninth best in America, while US News assigns it 7th place. Moreover, four specialties in biological science offered by Yale are among top six in the country, while the program in Cell Biology is named the best in the US. Compared to other Ivy institution on this list, Yale has the smallest percent of full-time teachers, but that does not influence the quality of provided education since 96 percent of students finish their studies on time. Finally, only eight percent of incoming students rely on loans to finance freshmen year’s cost which amounts to $4,923 on average.

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