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Cell and Developmental Biology

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
Arizona State U. Molecular and Cellular Biology	64	112	44	108	58	114	65	100	84	116
Baylor College of Medicine Cell & Molecular Biology	7	44	7	62	24	83	12	43	26	95
Baylor College of Medicine Developmental Biology	9	47	12	66	9	82	46	82	10	54
Baylor College of Medicine Molecular & Cellular Biology	5	27	5	46	43	100	42	81	6	26
Boston U. Pathology & Cell and Molecular Biology	31	91	54	110	6	59	48	85	39	88
Brown U. BIOMED: Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry	60	107	53	108	70	113	43	84	40	90
Carnegie Mellon U. Biological Sciences	42	103	49	109	9	66	22	61	21	77
Colorado State U. Cell & Molecular Biology	106	121	88	119	89	118	71	108	107	120
Columbia U. Cell Biology and Pathobiology	13	67	8	65	58	117	66	104	13	47
Cornell U. Weill Grad School of Medical Sci - Cell Bio & Genetics	14	58	4	27	51	106	53	90	8	42
Duke U. Cell Biology	21	78	19	86	13	78	83	112	13	44
Duke U. Molecular Cancer Biology	4	32	4	41	5	64	73	107	6	25
Emory U. Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology (BCDB)	14	67	9	62	6	56	19	65	35	84
Georgetown U. Cell Biology	67	111	61	112	44	115	14	65	44	111
Georgetown U. Tumor Biology	18	78	10	70	49	103	46	89	26	81
Harvard U. DMS-Biological and Biomedical Sciences	2	7	2	18	22	79	60	99	1	2
Indiana U. at Blooming- ton Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology	44	92	77	110	4	48	12	45	26	67
Iowa State U. Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology	55	104	83	116	12	70	46	89	37	88
Johns Hopkins U. Cell Biology	9	48	6	56	32	105	10	44	18	82
Johns Hopkins U. Cellular & Molecular Medicine	2	15	3	32	14	74	27	70	3	11
Lehigh U. Biological Sciences	110	122	104	120	46	116	20	68	89	121
Loyola U. Chicago Cell Biology, Neurobiology, & Anatomy	99	118	73	115	3	70	61	98	87	118
Massachu- setts Institute of Technology Biology/Cell and Developmental	1	1	1	1	31	97	55	94	1	2
Miami U. (Ohio) Botany	111	121	114	121	37	107	14	51	102	118
Michigan State U. Cell and Molecular Biology	28	86	43	104	4	51	20	62	41	95
New Mexico State U. at Las Cruces Biology	69	112	72	116	83	119	1	6	90	119
New York U. Cell and Developmental Biology	29	99	22	100	28	102	22	55	50	103
New York U. Cellular & Molecular Biology/Sackler Inst	9	51	10	73	7	59	20	62	9	31
New York U. Developmental Genetics/Sackler	4	27	7	53	3	64	4	16	4	49
New York U. Molecular Oncology and Immunology/Sackler	7	33	8	61	5	61	5	16	15	56
Ohio State U. Main Campus Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology	41	100	35	106	18	82	24	64	30	87
Oregon Health and Science U. Cell and Developmental Biology	81	115	27	98	120	122	118	121	17	94
Oregon State U. Molecular and Cellular Biology	78	114	29	104	62	106	108	118	87	114
Pennsyl- vania State U. Cell and Molecular Biology	43	100	54	109	5	54	80	109	52	101
Purdue U. Main Campus Basic Medical Sciences	45	91	110	120	6	66	2	8	21	74
Purdue U. Main Campus Cell and Developmental Biology	38	95	74	114	66	115	15	51	24	75
Rutgers U. at New Brunswick and U. of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey at Piscataway Cell and Developmental Biology	44	102	36	103	24	91	15	49	79	114
San Diego State U. and U. of California at San Diego Biology (Cell and Molecular)	48	103	30	99	23	87	110	119	44	94
Stanford U. Cancer Biology	5	27	6	55	20	85	29	72	4	16
Stanford U. Developmental Biology	2	10	2	7	60	117	69	104	3	7
State U. of New York at Stony Brook Anatomical Sciences	87	119	82	116	46	114	115	121	68	120
State U. of New York at Stony Brook Molecular and Cellular Biology	14	56	16	77	16	78	23	64	12	44
State U. of New York Upstate Medical U. Anatomy & Cell Biology	36	98	38	101	62	113	72	106	22	86
Temple U. Anatomy & Cell Biology	112	122	113	121	7	104	11	52	111	122
Texas A&M U. Veterinary Anatomy	92	117	78	116	10	98	15	50	110	121
Thomas Jefferson U. Cell and Developmental Biology	24	90	6	62	22	80	97	117	33	90
Tufts U. Cell Biology/Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology	33	96	18	92	9	83	23	68	41	99
Tulane U. Cell and Molecular Biology	103	118	103	120	41	107	2	8	96	120
U. of Alabama at Birmingham Cell Biology	15	74	22	102	24	95	32	72	15	56
U. of Arizona Cancer Biology	22	84	23	95	23	104	9	33	44	101
U. of Arizona Cell Biology & Anatomy	49	104	25	97	84	121	6	25	58	112
U. of Arkansas Main Campus Cell and Molecular Biology	97	119	54	112	84	116	52	85	114	122
U. of California at Berkeley Cell and Developmental Biology	6	34	7	57	17	104	37	81	5	20
U. of California at Davis Cell & Developmental Biology	42	100	46	106	68	113	23	62	62	105
U. of California at Irvine Developmental And Cell Biology	18	75	15	80	14	102	19	55	34	90
U. of California at Los Angeles Cell and Develomental Biology	13	60	14	77	42	99	16	51	8	39
U. of California at San Francisco Cell Biology	3	18	2	8	87	118	93	115	4	13
U. of California at Santa Barbara Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology	49	102	33	99	19	86	101	118	56	99
U. of California at Santa Cruz Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology	30	94	16	87	18	83	21	60	22	79
U. of Chicago Cancer Biology	10	58	14	80	8	82	63	99	21	68
U. of Chicago Developmental Biology	12	63	16	90	13	76	6	27	16	72
U. of Chicago Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology	21	93	10	82	18	86	71	108	22	102
U. of Chicago Organismal Biology & Anatomy	101	118	98	117	26	105	121	122	83	116
U. of Cincinnati Main Campus Cell and Molecular Biology	32	93	15	82	20	83	44	83	64	109
U. of Cincinnati Main Campus Molecular and Developmental Biology	17	80	6	61	21	86	88	111	31	83
U. of Colorado at Boulder Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology	21	87	8	69	45	105	90	111	26	82
U. of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Cell and Developmental Biology	66	109	58	112	18	93	38	86	63	106
U. of Connec- ticut Cell Biology Ph.D.	103	120	48	109	100	120	52	88	96	120
U. of Connec- ticut Biomed Sci: Cell Biology	26	91	11	81	34	109	29	73	24	79
U. of Connec- ticut Biomed Sci: Skeletal, Craniofacial and Oral Bio	43	105	28	106	69	117	16	61	47	99
U. of Florida Medical Sciences: Molecular Cell Biology	35	96	25	94	4	38	63	98	54	99
U. of Georgia Cellular Biology	19	89	42	105	3	109	1	3	22	106
U. of Hawaii- Manoa Cell & Molecular Biology	56	103	53	111	5	43	105	119	71	113
U. of Houston main campus Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Biology	80	113	57	112	87	118	26	68	51	97
U. of Illinois at Chicago Anatomy & Cell Biology	25	94	44	111	6	72	13	56	46	100
U. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Cell and Developmental Biology	21	80	22	93	82	117	20	59	22	64
U. of Iowa Anatomy and Cell Biology	69	116	29	102	115	122	119	122	23	111
U. of Iowa Free Radical and Radiation Biology	9	43	16	75	34	100	33	77	8	73
U. of Iowa Molecular and Cellular Biology	24	86	16	83	16	72	87	111	33	78
U. of Kansas Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology	97	117	79	117	66	115	41	89	70	110
U. of Kansas Anatomy and Cell Biology	40	101	45	110	2	28	19	61	24	93
U. of Maryland at College Park Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics	41	100	41	103	55	109	20	59	29	75
U. of Maryland at College Park Molecular and Cell Biology	47	99	42	101	30	95	25	66	45	90
U. of Massachu- setts at Amherst Molecular and Cellular Biology	52	102	53	106	64	110	12	40	36	97
U. of Massachu- setts at Worcester Cellular & Molecular Biology	22	87	9	76	13	95	21	70	21	81
U. of Miami Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology	48	105	32	103	89	118	10	35	77	112
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Cell and Developmental Biology	52	105	25	95	114	122	12	54	32	105
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Cellular and Molecular Biology	11	65	6	59	32	99	68	100	21	69
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology	6	34	10	67	8	77	4	13	9	42
U. of Minnesota- Twin Cities Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology and Genetics	28	94	30	100	9	82	43	85	35	91
U. of Missouri at Kansas City Cell Biology & Biophysics	117	122	120	121	12	86	78	114	90	114
U. of Missouri at Kansas City Oral Biology	36	109	32	105	10	79	66	108	56	118
U. of Nevada at Reno Cellular and Molecular Physiology and Pharmacology	41	107	16	93	57	117	84	115	49	115
U. of Nevada at Reno Cellular and Molecular Biology	64	111	37	105	46	117	71	104	91	119
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Cell & Developmental Biology	32	101	16	91	75	114	65	101	59	106
U. of North Dakota Main Campus Anatomy & Cell Biology	113	122	121	122	1	6	102	118	97	119
U. of Pennsyl- vania Biomed Grad Studies-Cell and Developmental Bio	5	38	6	57	9	61	68	103	4	19
U. of Pittsburgh Main Campus Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology	20	83	10	78	5	42	76	105	56	106
U. of Pittsburgh Main Campus Cellular and Molecular Pathology	33	100	20	96	6	55	62	99	62	107
U. of Rhode Island Cell & Molecular Biology	115	122	101	120	70	115	83	113	120	122
U. of Southern California Craniofacial Biology	63	108	36	102	112	121	96	117	58	108
U. of Southern California Molecular Microbiology and Immunology	35	90	37	101	19	79	29	73	43	93
U. of Southern California Pathobiology	26	85	35	97	6	71	51	88	28	79
U. of Texas at Austin Cell and Molecular Biology	17	76	10	70	99	119	108	119	20	65
U. of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and U. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Cancer Biology	2	9	2	10	5	50	7	25	11	53
U. of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and U. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Genes and Development	8	48	6	56	35	94	1	6	23	70
U. of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and U. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Molecular Carcinogenesis	17	78	16	102	3	59	9	39	32	95
U. of Utah Oncological Sciences	44	104	55	112	5	50	73	106	17	68
U. of Vermont Cell and Molecular Biology	53	106	19	98	54	103	101	117	72	106
U. of Virginia Cell Biology	25	86	26	96	22	98	21	64	23	76
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Cellular and Molecular Biology	19	74	13	82	53	108	58	95	9	43
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Cancer Biology	16	76	17	92	13	76	63	99	20	68
Vanderbilt U. Cancer Biology	10	57	12	81	5	54	7	28	21	74
Vanderbilt U. Cell & Developmental Biology	33	92	25	88	30	91	59	98	26	71
Vanderbilt U. Pathology	45	100	43	108	8	78	6	22	47	108
Virginia Common- wealth U. Anatomy	53	100	103	120	1	11	101	117	22	74
Wake Forest U. Cancer Biology	21	77	55	110	1	17	9	37	19	80
Washing- ton U. in St. Louis Developmental Biology	7	54	9	69	25	104	72	105	7	34
Washing- ton U. in St. Louis Molecular Cell Biology	7	48	8	71	23	90	82	112	4	16
Wayne State U. Anatomy and Cell Biology	71	111	72	115	37	108	11	49	80	116
Wayne State U. Cancer Biology	31	93	18	93	3	29	33	77	54	103
Yale U. Cell Biology	6	36	7	66	84	116	83	112	7	29
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.

Doctoral Programs by the Numbers

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Cell and Developmental Biology