100 Best colleges for Evolutionary Biology in the United States

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Below is a list of best universities in the United States ranked based on their research performance in Evolutionary Biology. A graph of 26M citations received by 529K academic papers made by 594 universities in the United States was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Harvard University

For Evolutionary Biology

#1 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,491

2. University of California - Berkeley

For Evolutionary Biology

#2 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$21,669
Enrollment
45,307

3. Stanford University

For Evolutionary Biology

#3 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,279

4. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Evolutionary Biology

#6 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
74%

5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Evolutionary Biology

#7 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
36
Net Price
$20,232

6. University of Washington - Seattle

For Evolutionary Biology

#8 in the World
Acceptance Rate
48%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$14,731
Enrollment
52,319

7. Yale University

For Evolutionary Biology

#9 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,647

8. Cornell University

For Evolutionary Biology

#10 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,060

9. University of California-San Diego

For Evolutionary Biology

#12 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$20,782
Enrollment
42,006

10. University of California - Los Angeles

For Evolutionary Biology

#14 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
57%
Average Aid
$21,766
Enrollment
46,430

11. University of Chicago

For Evolutionary Biology

#15 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$36,991

12. University of California - Davis

For Evolutionary Biology

#16 in the World
Acceptance Rate
37%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$20,548
Enrollment
39,679

13. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Evolutionary Biology

#17 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

14. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Evolutionary Biology

#19 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
58%

15. Pennsylvania State University

For Evolutionary Biology

#20 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

16. University of Pennsylvania

For Evolutionary Biology

#21 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,123

17. Columbia University

For Evolutionary Biology

#23 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,058

18. Washington University in St Louis

For Evolutionary Biology

#24 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,432

19. University of Texas at Austin

For Evolutionary Biology

#25 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
89%

20. Johns Hopkins University

For Evolutionary Biology

#26 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$24,034

21. University of California - San Francisco

For Evolutionary Biology

#27 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,140
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

22. Duke University

For Evolutionary Biology

#28 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,694

23. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Evolutionary Biology

#29 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

24. University of Arizona

For Evolutionary Biology

#30 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

25. Princeton University

For Evolutionary Biology

#32 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,698

26. University of Florida

For Evolutionary Biology

#33 in the World
Acceptance Rate
23%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

27. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Evolutionary Biology

#36 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$12,381
Enrollment
80,065

28. University of Southern California

For Evolutionary Biology

#39 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$36,808

29. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Evolutionary Biology

#40 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
59%

30. California Institute of Technology

For Evolutionary Biology

#41 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$20,755
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$59,192

31. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Evolutionary Biology

#44 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
70%

32. New York University

For Evolutionary Biology

#45 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,499

33. Michigan State University

For Evolutionary Biology

#46 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
94%

34. University of Maryland - College Park

For Evolutionary Biology

#48 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
63%

35. University of California - Irvine

For Evolutionary Biology

#49 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$17,411
Enrollment
35,937

36. University of Georgia

For Evolutionary Biology

#50 in the World
Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1320
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
94%

37. Boston University

For Evolutionary Biology

#51 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,829

38. University of Utah

For Evolutionary Biology

#55 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

39. University of Pittsburgh

For Evolutionary Biology

#58 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

40. Northwestern University

For Evolutionary Biology

#59 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,095

41. Ohio State University

For Evolutionary Biology

#60 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
83%

42. University of Colorado Boulder

For Evolutionary Biology

#62 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

43. Iowa State University

For Evolutionary Biology

#63 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1220
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

44. Emory University

For Evolutionary Biology

#64 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1490
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$26,680

45. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Evolutionary Biology

#68 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

46. Carnegie Mellon University

For Evolutionary Biology

#70 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$33,499

47. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Evolutionary Biology

#71 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
80%

48. Stony Brook University

For Evolutionary Biology

#73 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
88%

49. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

For Evolutionary Biology

#82 in the World
Enrollment
2,354
Male:Female
45:55
Founded
1943

50. Purdue University

For Evolutionary Biology

#83 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

51. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Evolutionary Biology

#84 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
73%

52. University of Virginia

For Evolutionary Biology

#85 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
54%

53. Case Western Reserve University

For Evolutionary Biology

#86 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$38,279

54. Baylor College of Medicine

For Evolutionary Biology

#90 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
1,610
Male:Female
40:60
Founded
1900

55. Rockefeller University

For Evolutionary Biology

#91 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
273
Male:Female
54:46
Founded
1901

56. University of California - Riverside

For Evolutionary Biology

#98 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$22,042
Enrollment
26,809

57. University of Connecticut

For Evolutionary Biology

#99 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
89%

58. University of Iowa

For Evolutionary Biology

#100 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

59. Vanderbilt University

For Evolutionary Biology

#103 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,606

60. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Evolutionary Biology

#104 in the World
Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$20,389
Enrollment
26,420

61. University of Rochester

For Evolutionary Biology

#107 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$39,775

62. University of Oregon

For Evolutionary Biology

#111 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
90%

63. University of New Mexico

For Evolutionary Biology

#115 in the World
Acceptance Rate
96%
Average ACT
22
Receiving Aid
97%
Average Aid
$9,280

64. University of Kansas

For Evolutionary Biology

#116 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1215
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

65. Oregon State University

For Evolutionary Biology

#119 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Receiving Aid
91%
Average Aid
$9,260
Enrollment
34,292

66. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Evolutionary Biology

#123 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
91%

67. University of Missouri - Columbia

For Evolutionary Biology

#124 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
91%

68. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

For Evolutionary Biology

#134 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
91%

69. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Evolutionary Biology

#135 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

70. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

For Evolutionary Biology

#139 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
98%

71. Seattle University

For Evolutionary Biology

#146 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1265
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$35,412

72. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Evolutionary Biology

#147 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
81%

73. Washington State University

For Evolutionary Biology

#148 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Receiving Aid
88%
Average Aid
$10,689
Enrollment
27,539

74. Brown University

For Evolutionary Biology

#149 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,723

75. Florida State University

For Evolutionary Biology

#154 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
93%

76. Providence College

For Evolutionary Biology

#156 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$43,970

77. Dartmouth College

For Evolutionary Biology

#160 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$19,208

78. University of California - Santa Cruz

For Evolutionary Biology

#161 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Receiving Aid
74%
Average Aid
$21,202
Enrollment
19,478

79. University of Kentucky

For Evolutionary Biology

#165 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1180
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

80. Wayne State University

For Evolutionary Biology

#181 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1150
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

81. University of Miami

For Evolutionary Biology

#183 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$36,467

82. Rice University

For Evolutionary Biology

#185 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,902

83. Brigham Young University - Provo

For Evolutionary Biology

#186 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1374
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$13,521

84. University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester

For Evolutionary Biology

#187 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
1,352
Male:Female
34:66
Founded
1962

85. University of Alabama at Birmingham

For Evolutionary Biology

#190 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1305
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
96%

86. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Evolutionary Biology

#194 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
1,253
Male:Female
40:60
Founded
1963

87. Colorado State University - Fort Collins

For Evolutionary Biology

#195 in the World
Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
84%

88. University of Nebraska - Lincoln

For Evolutionary Biology

#197 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
95%

89. University of Notre Dame

For Evolutionary Biology

#199 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$28,474

90. Tufts University

For Evolutionary Biology

#201 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,479

91. University at Buffalo

For Evolutionary Biology

#208 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
86%

92. Virginia Commonwealth University

For Evolutionary Biology

#209 in the World
Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1160
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
90%

93. University of Cincinnati

For Evolutionary Biology

#227 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
84%

94. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

For Evolutionary Biology

#228 in the World
Enrollment
5,354
Male:Female
29:71
Founded
1972

95. George Washington University

For Evolutionary Biology

#232 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$42,723

96. Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

For Evolutionary Biology

#234 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1150
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
91%

97. Temple University

For Evolutionary Biology

#236 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$11,575
Enrollment
33,196

98. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

For Evolutionary Biology

#238 in the World
Enrollment
364
Male:Female
20:80
Founded
1941

99. Brandeis University

For Evolutionary Biology

#244 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Average SAT
1450
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$45,565

100. University of Maryland, Baltimore

For Evolutionary Biology

#247 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Enrollment
6,931
Male:Female
27:73
Founded
1807

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