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Best colleges for Biology in New England

50 colleges ranked by share of degrees in Biology

These 50 top Biology colleges in New England, ranked by share of degrees in Biology, run from 7% at Wesleyan University to 38% at Unity Environmental University. 11 are public and 39 are private.

#CollegeTypeBiology degreesUndergradsAcceptance
1Unity Environmental University
New Gloucester, ME
Private38%5,61982%
2University of New England
Biddeford, ME
Private23%2,18989%
3Sterling College
Craftsbury Common, VT
Private23%6692%
4Gordon College
Wenham, MA
Private21%1,24759%
5Connecticut College
New London, CT
Private20%1,96038%
6Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME
Private20%1,8468%
7Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
Norton, MA
Private19%1,74471%
8Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
Private19%3,66335%
9Bates College
Lewiston, ME
Private18%1,75313%
10Emmanuel College
Boston, MA
Private17%1,87481%
11Colby College
Waterville, ME
Private16%2,2827%
12Amherst College
Amherst, MA
Private16%1,90710%
13Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA
Private16%2,19838%
14Smith College
Northampton, MA
Private15%2,50120%
15Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT
Private15%2,78510%
16Saint Michael's College
Colchester, VT
Private15%1,15792%
17Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
Private14%9,86516%
18Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA
Private14%2,31814%
19Providence College
Providence, RI
Private14%4,17049%
20Sacred Heart University
Fairfield, CT
Private14%6,90468%
21Brown University
Providence, RI
Private13%7,2735%
22Hampshire College
Amherst, MA
Private13%71670%
23University of Vermont
Burlington, VT
Public13%11,61460%
24University of New Hampshire-Main Campus
Durham, NH
Public12%11,23087%
25Yale University
New Haven, CT
Private12%6,8115%
26Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Private12%7,7553%
27Trinity College
Hartford, CT
Private11%2,19334%
28Clark University
Worcester, MA
Private11%2,33642%
29Boston University
Boston, MA
Private11%17,85011%
30Tufts University
Medford, MA
Private11%6,80410%
31University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Amherst, MA
Public10%23,69458%
32Williams College
Williamstown, MA
Private10%2,06010%
33Northeastern University
Boston, MA
Private10%15,7196%
34Stonehill College
Easton, MA
Private10%2,47773%
35University of Massachusetts-Boston
Boston, MA
Public9%11,84883%
36Saint Anselm College
Manchester, NH
Private9%2,03278%
37Assumption University
Worcester, MA
Private9%1,66487%
38Bay Path University
Longmeadow, MA
Private9%1,18674%
39University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
Public9%19,14754%
40Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
Private9%4,3676%
41Worcester State University
Worcester, MA
Public9%3,96390%
42Mitchell College
New London, CT
Private9%42173%
43University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI
Public8%13,82277%
44University of Maine
Orono, ME
Public8%8,34196%
45Fitchburg State University
Fitchburg, MA
Public7%2,82590%
46College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA
Private7%3,01521%
47University of Saint Joseph
West Hartford, CT
Private7%82580%
48Framingham State University
Framingham, MA
Public7%2,55685%
49Salem State University
Salem, MA
Public7%4,28696%
50Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT
Private7%2,97317%

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