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Instructional programs that focus on the biological sciences and the non-clinical biomedical sciences, and that prepare individuals for research and professional careers as biologists and biomedical scientists. Discover 89 specialized programs from Biology and Biological Sciences to Molecular Toxicology with over 179,083 graduates across 1,820 institutions nationwide.

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179,083

Total Graduates (2023-2024)

1,820

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Biology and Biological Sciences

89,827

graduates

Biomedical Sciences

11,758

graduates

Neuroscience

11,557

graduates

Biochemistry

9,737

graduates

Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology

7,132

graduates

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Explore 89 academic programs in Life Sciences, Biotechnology and Biomedical Research.

Program Name	Graduates	Institutions	CIP Code
Biology and Biological Sciences	89,827	1,646	26.0101
Biomedical Sciences	11,758	301	26.0102
Neuroscience	11,557	332	26.1501
Biochemistry	9,737	591	26.0202
Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology	7,132	147	26.0908
Biological and Biomedical Sciences	4,612	135	26.9999
Cell and Molecular Biology	4,488	99	26.0406
Biotechnology	3,869	178	26.1201
Epidemiology	3,053	101	26.1309
General Physiology	2,816	72	26.0901
Microbiology	2,646	107	26.0502
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography	2,375	84	26.1302
Zoology and Animal Biology	1,913	46	26.0701
Biostatistics	1,546	91	26.1102
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	1,482	96	26.0210
Bioinformatics	1,336	97	26.1103
Molecular Biology	1,255	77	26.0204
Ecology	1,201	67	26.1301
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology	961	33	26.0503
Anatomy	902	37	26.0403
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology	840	43	26.1310
Neurobiology and Anatomy	780	21	26.1503
Genetics	730	37	26.0801
Conservation Biology	592	41	26.1307
Wildlife Biology	576	26	26.0709
Botany and Plant Biology	538	39	26.0301
Cell Biology and Histology	486	23	26.0401
Pharmacology	483	51	26.1001
Molecular Biochemistry	466	18	26.0205
Entomology	452	32	26.0702
Environmental Biology	449	53	26.1305
Microbiology and Immunology	443	37	26.0508
Genetics and Medical Genetics	424	34	26.0806
Biophysics	345	55	26.0203
Computational Biology	321	26	26.1104
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	316	21	26.0299
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology	311	15	26.1399
Pathology and Experimental Pathology	306	35	26.0910
Neurobiology and Neurosciences	299	10	26.1599
Molecular Genetics	278	15	26.0802
Vision Science and Physiological Optics	269	13	26.0909
Animal Behavior and Ethology	267	12	26.0708
Cell Biology and Anatomy	264	17	26.0499
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology	253	14	26.0599
Pharmacology and Toxicology	252	16	26.1007
Biomathematics and Computational Biology	250	21	26.1199
Immunology	220	25	26.0507
Genome Sciences and Genomics	199	20	26.0807
Oncology and Cancer Biology	193	30	26.0911
Molecular Biophysics	187	6	26.0206
Biometry and Biometrics	185	10	26.1101
Neurobiology and Behavior	183	8	26.1504
Evolutionary Biology	176	13	26.1303
Animal Physiology	166	10	26.0707
Infectious Disease and Global Health	162	9	26.0509
Molecular Medicine	156	8	26.1401
Toxicology	152	30	26.1004
Epidemiology and Biostatistics	151	13	26.1311
Plant Pathology	151	27	26.0305
Physiology and Pathology Sciences	148	15	26.0999
Cell Biology and Anatomy	127	12	26.0407
Aquatic Biology	119	8	26.1304
Developmental Biology	88	8	26.0404
Molecular Pharmacology	85	14	26.1002
Environmental Toxicology	78	11	26.1006
Biomechanics	62	6	26.0913
Cardiovascular Science	62	4	26.0907
Animal Genetics	59	2	26.0804
Pharmacology and Toxicology	53	4	26.1099
Molecular Physiology	52	8	26.0902
Cell Physiology	51	7	26.0903
Botany and Plant Biology	47	4	26.0399
Aerospace Physiology and Medicine	40	2	26.0912
Neuropharmacology	39	4	26.1003
Zoology and Animal Biology	34	4	26.0799
Plant Genetics	32	3	26.0805
Reproductive Biology	29	2	26.0905
Radiation Biology	18	4	26.0209
Systematic Biology	18	1	26.1308
Virology	16	3	26.0504
Endocrinology	15	2	26.0904
Plant Physiology	15	2	26.0307
Structural Biology	14	3	26.0207
Plant Molecular Biology	12	3	26.0308
Genetics	11	1	26.0899
Population Biology	10	4	26.1306
Mycology	6	1	26.0506
Parasitology	4	1	26.0505
Molecular Toxicology	2	1	26.1005

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