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September 30, 2010

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Biology/Integrated Biology/Integrated Biomedical Sciences (not elsewhere classified)

The National Research Council assessed programs according to 21 different criteria. Here are the NRC’s five major ratings summarizing those criteria. For a detailed explanation, see our FAQ.

S-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they are strong in the criteria that scholars say are most important.
Research: Derived from faculty publications, citation rates, grants, and awards.
Students: Derived from students’ completion rates, financial aid, and other criteria.
Diversity: Reflects gender balance, ethnic diversity, and the proportion of international students.
R-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they have similar features to programs viewed by faculty as top-notch.

Institution, program	S-Rank High	S-Rank Low	Research High	Research Low	Students High	Students Low	Diversity High	Diversity Low	R-Rank High	R-Rank Low
Auburn U. Biological Sciences	60	103	54	104	24	75	26	85	90	113
Auburn U. Biomedical Sciences	67	111	59	112	22	103	22	71	106	117
Baylor College of Medicine Cardiovascular Sciences	10	29	9	36	32	90	109	118	20	32
Baylor U. Biomedical Studies	87	112	63	104	83	117	77	109	71	97
Bingham- tonton U. (SUNY) Biochemistry, Cell Biology & Molecular Biology	47	92	44	104	4	26	52	105	70	97
Boston College Biology/Integrated Biology/Integrated Biomedical Sciences	65	106	48	101	54	102	31	84	56	82
Boston U. Biology	58	103	38	93	66	107	40	91	32	67
Brigham Young U. Physiology and Developmental Biology	19	65	33	94	1	92	92	117	54	94
California Institute of Technology Biology	1	5	1	3	27	80	56	101	1	8
City U. of New York Graduate Center Biology	55	100	41	99	106	117	3	10	30	63
Clark U. Biology	71	110	61	112	12	76	72	104	96	115
Clemson U. Biological Sciences	92	115	75	113	53	110	28	85	95	114
Cleveland State U. Regulatory Biology	61	104	59	106	17	88	12	25	83	107
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Doctoral Program in the Biological Sciences	3	17	6	28	2	16	71	105	12	24
Columbia U. Biological Sciences	11	32	5	29	97	117	39	87	12	23
Columbia U. Integrated Program In Cellular, Molecular and Biophysical Studies	4	21	2	13	98	119	86	110	5	17
Dartmouth College Molecular & Cellular Biology	17	46	14	51	11	53	94	113	12	25
Drexel U. Biological Sciences	55	106	35	100	90	117	3	13	95	116
Duke U. Biology	11	30	12	43	17	72	37	93	9	20
Florida Institute of Technology Biological Sciences	60	105	58	112	3	24	119	119	51	88
Florida Inter- national U. Biology	44	89	38	98	39	101	19	53	35	67
Florida State U. Biological Sciences	78	113	52	102	74	115	59	101	59	91
Fordham U. Biological Sciences	95	116	72	112	101	118	33	94	89	113
Georgetown U. Biology	54	98	80	114	60	115	3	14	74	103
Georgia Institute of Technology Biology	19	53	13	51	40	96	32	86	40	73
Howard U. Biology	77	107	99	117	85	112	1	1	80	104
Illinois Institute of Technology Biology	50	92	19	55	91	115	34	88	75	104
Indiana U.-Purdue U. Indianapolis Biology	54	111	41	99	6	115	18	56	90	113
Iowa State U. Biomedical Sciences	59	104	42	94	74	116	27	83	68	97
Johns Hopkins U. Biology	8	24	12	44	8	40	22	59	9	21
Kansas State U. Biology	26	63	31	89	6	43	47	95	37	70
Loma Linda U. Biology	115	120	110	119	107	120	120	120	89	120
Louisiana State U. at Baton Rouge Biological Sciences	40	88	30	91	51	97	40	94	29	62
Louisiana State U. at Baton Rouge Veterinary Medical Science	48	92	38	89	24	83	37	89	54	82
Marquette U. Biological Sciences	88	115	56	107	80	112	3	14	95	115
Michigan Technological U. Biological Sciences	96	115	113	119	16	64	29	89	95	115
Mississippi State U. Biological Sciences	67	112	46	102	50	115	3	14	111	118
Mississippi State U. Veterinary Medical Science	56	105	67	112	23	106	31	90	95	115
Montana State U. at Bozeman Biology	97	114	65	98	97	120	107	118	77	103
Mount Sinai School of Medicine Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences	15	41	11	48	85	113	26	71	5	16
New York Medical College Integrated Ph.D. Program in Basic Medical Sciences	38	79	22	66	77	110	18	50	35	66
North Carolina State U. Comparative Biomedical Sciences	33	76	28	81	34	87	21	55	31	67
North- eastern U. Biology	56	94	62	104	17	83	22	64	48	77
Northern Illinois U. Biology	113	118	116	119	51	98	42	96	102	115
North- western U. Interdepartmental Biological and Life Sciences Program	12	32	12	44	25	79	26	76	3	12
Ohio State U. Main Campus Integrated Biomedical Science Graduate Program	32	71	27	77	8	52	55	103	33	64
Ohio State U. Main Campus Veterinary Biosciences	17	46	13	51	10	62	15	36	24	46
Ohio State U. Main Campus Veterinary Preventative Medicine	24	62	19	62	7	60	13	33	33	67
Oklahoma State U. Main Campus Biomedical Sciences	116	119	114	119	39	94	50	99	117	120
Oklahoma State U. Main Campus Veterinary Biomedical Sciences	39	77	57	105	4	30	13	25	68	97
Pennsyl- vania State U. Biology	3	16	4	18	13	73	25	69	10	21
Pennsyl- vania State U. Pathobiology	15	41	19	71	2	27	21	57	27	58
Princeton U. Molecular Biology	1	12	2	12	23	77	48	99	3	9
Rockefeller U. The David Rockefeller Graduate Program	3	16	1	13	22	75	57	100	1	8
Seton Hall U. Health Sciences	119	120	120	120	116	120	3	16	118	120
Stanford U. Biological Sciences	7	22	7	31	16	65	53	102	3	10
State U. of New York at Albany Biology	88	111	89	114	84	113	42	91	72	94
State U. of New York at Albany Biomedical Science	42	92	23	70	48	100	4	17	51	89
Texas Tech U. Biology	51	95	53	103	14	67	48	93	48	79
Tufts U. Biology	55	94	73	110	61	102	14	39	52	81
Tulane U. Biomedical Sciences	19	46	12	54	13	54	18	44	17	26
U. at Buffalo (SUNY) Biological Sciences	37	81	27	84	35	87	67	109	31	63
U. of Alabama at Birmingham Biology	41	84	40	95	10	72	37	89	43	75
U. of Arkansas Main Campus Biological Sciences	80	114	59	111	15	70	100	116	90	113
U. of Arkansas Main Campus Health Science	107	117	111	119	8	60	97	118	106	116
U. of California at San Diego Biological Sciences	2	12	3	16	44	94	72	107	1	4
U. of California at San Diego Biomedical Sciences	1	13	1	10	35	89	64	107	1	5
U. of California at San Francisco Biomedical Sciences	2	15	3	22	3	19	22	68	6	16
U. of California at San Francisco Oral and Craniofacial Sciences	22	62	18	64	41	105	64	108	25	50
U. of Central Florida Biomolecular Sciences	37	88	17	61	76	115	61	102	57	91
U. of Cincinnati Main Campus Biological Sciences	99	116	91	114	70	115	65	103	93	112
U. of Dayton Biology	83	113	67	106	9	85	25	88	83	112
U. of Delaware Biological Sciences	20	52	20	67	20	76	5	17	36	69
U. of Illinois at Chicago Biological Sciences	44	88	52	103	46	101	15	38	27	61
U. of Iowa Biological Sciences	42	84	48	99	45	97	30	85	42	72
U. of Kentucky Biology	37	73	67	105	6	42	62	104	30	60
U. of Maryland at College Park Biology	33	72	23	67	50	101	49	92	28	53
U. of Maryland- Baltimore County Biological Sciences	59	103	59	110	68	114	3	13	67	95
U. of Massachu- setts at Amherst Animal Biotechnology and Biomedical Sciences	21	51	24	73	27	77	3	13	32	69
U. of Massachu- setts at Worcester Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs	14	38	9	42	4	31	20	59	25	52
U. of Miami Biology	68	109	57	109	53	105	35	93	59	89
U. of Mississippi Biological Sciences	57	100	82	114	1	14	106	117	64	93
U. of Missouri at Columbia Biological Sciences	38	80	36	91	8	53	44	92	33	61
U. of New Mexico Main Campus Biomedical Sciences	16	47	16	60	20	76	5	17	24	51
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Biology	18	48	14	51	39	92	57	103	17	30
U. of North Texas Biology	95	116	86	116	50	113	42	99	82	108
U. of North Texas Health Science Center Biomedical Sciences	56	105	26	83	46	117	2	3	82	108
U. of Notre Dame Biological Sciences	26	63	20	70	19	67	53	100	22	46
U. of Oklahoma Norman Campus Zoology	42	87	57	108	5	59	98	115	51	80
U. of Oregon Biology	17	46	11	44	19	75	96	115	18	30
U. of Pennsyl- vania Biology-School of Arts and Sciences	20	56	18	64	26	79	3	15	29	67
U. of Pittsburgh Main Campus Biological Sciences	55	96	47	97	41	97	29	83	41	68
U. of Rhode Island Biological Sciences	82	111	99	116	38	98	34	82	72	98
U. of Rochester Biology	27	63	24	76	40	103	26	73	28	58
U. of South Carolina at Columbia Biological Sciences	28	68	20	63	10	54	40	91	30	62
U. of South Carolina at Columbia Biomedical Sciences	54	103	50	102	1	6	13	29	85	114
U. of South Florida Biology	56	97	67	110	6	34	69	107	43	72
U. of South Florida Medical Sciences	28	66	27	77	11	50	30	85	27	52
U. of Southern Mississippi Biological Sciences	63	110	64	114	8	42	105	117	77	108
U. of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and U. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences	7	24	5	26	33	82	14	31	11	23
U. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Integrative Biology	4	21	3	23	18	81	25	69	12	24
U. of Toledo Molecular Basis of Disease	31	72	35	99	14	67	28	70	50	84
U. of Utah Biology	38	85	22	72	29	92	99	116	30	62
U. of Vermont Biology	50	104	33	101	70	110	25	72	69	99
U. of Virginia Biology	30	73	28	79	49	104	18	58	30	61
U. of Washing- ton Botany	25	58	29	80	30	92	18	51	28	54
U. of Washing- ton Molecular and Cellular Biology	7	23	7	35	35	88	47	102	6	17
U. of Washing- ton Zoology	25	58	31	82	37	91	35	85	22	35
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Comparative Biomedical Sciences	14	41	17	67	22	81	92	111	25	53
Utah State U. Biology (SCI)	27	75	44	109	63	110	51	99	60	98
Utah State U. Range Science (NR)	94	118	59	111	43	114	113	118	114	120
Utah State U. Wildlife Biology (NR)	45	102	37	103	2	64	66	109	90	115
Vanderbilt U. Biological Sciences	29	66	24	73	27	84	78	109	30	61
Virginia Tech Biological Sciences -	41	82	51	102	15	64	109	118	51	81
Wake Forest U. Biology	73	109	73	111	24	102	31	85	71	95
Wayne State U. Biological Sciences	75	105	84	113	80	111	21	66	70	94
Western Michigan U. Biological Sciences	105	118	83	113	114	120	23	70	88	112
Wright State U. Main Campus Biomedical Sciences	67	104	58	105	26	78	32	86	71	99
Yale U. Investigative Medicine	1	10	2	19	1	4	82	110	11	23
Yale U. Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology	2	15	4	23	50	98	32	89	7	17
Methodology: This interactive tool is based on rankings developed by the NRC. For a complete explanation of the methods the research council used, go to its site; registration may be required.