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 39.1M citations received by 616K academic papers made by 641 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
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,525

2. Stanford University

For Evolutionary Biology

#2 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,078

3. University of California - Berkeley

For Evolutionary Biology

#3 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$29,608
Enrollment
45,882

4. University of Washington - Seattle

For Evolutionary Biology

#5 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Receiving Aid
56%
Average Aid
$16,156
Enrollment
56,997

5. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Evolutionary Biology

#7 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
69%

6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Evolutionary Biology

#8 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1550
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,996

7. Cornell University

For Evolutionary Biology

#9 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,361

8. Yale University

For Evolutionary Biology

#10 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,408

9. University of California-San Diego

For Evolutionary Biology

#12 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Receiving Aid
66%
Average Aid
$25,757
Enrollment
44,256

10. University of California - Los Angeles

For Evolutionary Biology

#14 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$25,627
Enrollment
47,335

11. University of Pennsylvania

For Evolutionary Biology

#15 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,570

12. University of California - Davis

For Evolutionary Biology

#16 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Receiving Aid
65%
Average Aid
$24,591
Enrollment
40,065

13. University of Chicago

For Evolutionary Biology

#17 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$28,060

14. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Evolutionary Biology

#19 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1450
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

15. Pennsylvania State University

For Evolutionary Biology

#20 in the World
Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
67%

16. Washington University in St Louis

For Evolutionary Biology

#21 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,408

17. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Evolutionary Biology

#22 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

18. Columbia University

For Evolutionary Biology

#23 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,520

19. University of California - San Francisco

For Evolutionary Biology

#25 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,007
Male:Female
36:64
Founded
1864

20. Johns Hopkins University

For Evolutionary Biology

#26 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,017

21. Duke University

For Evolutionary Biology

#27 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$21,981

22. University of Texas at Austin

For Evolutionary Biology

#28 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Average SAT
1380
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
65%

23. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Evolutionary Biology

#29 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
81%

24. Princeton University

For Evolutionary Biology

#30 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$15,313

25. University of Arizona

For Evolutionary Biology

#32 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

26. University of Florida

For Evolutionary Biology

#33 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

27. University of Maryland - College Park

For Evolutionary Biology

#34 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
67%

28. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Evolutionary Biology

#36 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$12,172
Enrollment
79,818

29. University of Southern California

For Evolutionary Biology

#41 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$43,412

30. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Evolutionary Biology

#42 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
59%

31. University of California - Irvine

For Evolutionary Biology

#43 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$23,110
Enrollment
37,297

32. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Evolutionary Biology

#44 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
69%

33. California Institute of Technology

For Evolutionary Biology

#47 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$14,513
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$72,373

34. New York University

For Evolutionary Biology

#48 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$30,325

35. Michigan State University

For Evolutionary Biology

#49 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
92%

36. University of Georgia

For Evolutionary Biology

#52 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
89%

37. Northwestern University

For Evolutionary Biology

#53 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,830

38. Purdue University

For Evolutionary Biology

#55 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
59%

39. Ohio State University

For Evolutionary Biology

#56 in the World
Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
80%

40. University of Pittsburgh

For Evolutionary Biology

#58 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
74%

41. University of Utah

For Evolutionary Biology

#60 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
79%

42. Boston University

For Evolutionary Biology

#61 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$24,420

43. University of Colorado Boulder

For Evolutionary Biology

#64 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
67%

44. Emory University

For Evolutionary Biology

#65 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1510
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$27,303

45. Iowa State University

For Evolutionary Biology

#69 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

46. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Evolutionary Biology

#70 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

47. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Evolutionary Biology

#71 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

48. Carnegie Mellon University

For Evolutionary Biology

#74 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$35,552

49. Stony Brook University

For Evolutionary Biology

#78 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
99%

50. Baylor College of Medicine

For Evolutionary Biology

#82 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
1,774
Male:Female
40:60
Founded
1900

51. University of Connecticut

For Evolutionary Biology

#85 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1325
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
88%

52. University of Rochester

For Evolutionary Biology

#87 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,462

53. Vanderbilt University

For Evolutionary Biology

#88 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,186

54. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

For Evolutionary Biology

#90 in the World
Enrollment
2,549
Male:Female
43:57
Founded
1943

55. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Evolutionary Biology

#92 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1455
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
73%

56. Case Western Reserve University

For Evolutionary Biology

#94 in the World
Acceptance Rate
37%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$44,000

57. University of Virginia

For Evolutionary Biology

#96 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
57%

58. University of California - Riverside

For Evolutionary Biology

#97 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$24,355
Enrollment
26,384

59. Rockefeller University

For Evolutionary Biology

#103 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
281
Male:Female
47:53
Founded
1901

60. University of Iowa

For Evolutionary Biology

#106 in the World
Acceptance Rate
84%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
90%

61. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Evolutionary Biology

#110 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$24,695
Enrollment
26,133

62. University of Missouri - Columbia

For Evolutionary Biology

#112 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
97%

63. University of Oregon

For Evolutionary Biology

#113 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
90%

64. University of Kansas

For Evolutionary Biology

#116 in the World
Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
94%

65. Oregon State University

For Evolutionary Biology

#124 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
92%

66. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Evolutionary Biology

#134 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
89%

67. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

For Evolutionary Biology

#135 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
96%

68. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Evolutionary Biology

#139 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
67%

69. Brown University

For Evolutionary Biology

#142 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,256

70. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Evolutionary Biology

#148 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
80%

71. Florida State University

For Evolutionary Biology

#149 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

72. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

For Evolutionary Biology

#150 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
93%

73. Washington State University

For Evolutionary Biology

#152 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Receiving Aid
89%
Average Aid
$10,886
Enrollment
25,685

74. University of California - Santa Cruz

For Evolutionary Biology

#153 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Receiving Aid
64%
Average Aid
$22,774
Enrollment
19,938

75. University of Kentucky

For Evolutionary Biology

#160 in the World
Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1180
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
97%

76. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Evolutionary Biology

#167 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
1,261
Male:Female
38:62
Founded
1963

77. University of New Mexico

For Evolutionary Biology

#175 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1030
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
100%

78. University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester

For Evolutionary Biology

#176 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
1,489
Male:Female
31:69
Founded
1962

79. Rice University

For Evolutionary Biology

#178 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,589

80. Dartmouth College

For Evolutionary Biology

#181 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,322

81. University of Miami

For Evolutionary Biology

#183 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$45,397

82. Colorado State University - Fort Collins

For Evolutionary Biology

#190 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$10,160
Enrollment
34,096

83. Wayne State University

For Evolutionary Biology

#191 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1165
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

84. University of Alabama at Birmingham

For Evolutionary Biology

#195 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
95%

85. University at Buffalo

For Evolutionary Biology

#197 in the World
Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1295
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
86%

86. University of Notre Dame

For Evolutionary Biology

#199 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1508
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,300

87. Tufts University

For Evolutionary Biology

#203 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1515
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$32,367

88. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

For Evolutionary Biology

#205 in the World
Enrollment
4,938
Male:Female
30:70
Founded
1972

89. Brigham Young University - Provo

For Evolutionary Biology

#207 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$16,694

90. University of Nebraska - Lincoln

For Evolutionary Biology

#208 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1214
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

91. Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

For Evolutionary Biology

#217 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Average SAT
1135
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

92. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

For Evolutionary Biology

#221 in the World
Enrollment
359
Male:Female
22:78
Founded
1941

93. Texas Tech University

For Evolutionary Biology

#228 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
90%

94. Virginia Commonwealth University

For Evolutionary Biology

#232 in the World
Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1140
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
92%

95. University of Maryland, Baltimore

For Evolutionary Biology

#235 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Enrollment
6,636
Male:Female
27:73
Founded
1807

96. Temple University

For Evolutionary Biology

#237 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$14,837
Enrollment
29,640

97. Oregon Health & Science University

For Evolutionary Biology

#238 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
2,942
Male:Female
30:70
Founded
1887

98. George Washington University

For Evolutionary Biology

#240 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$46,485

99. University of Cincinnati

For Evolutionary Biology

#244 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1265
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
88%

100. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

For Evolutionary Biology

#247 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1100
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
94%

The best cities to study Evolutionary Biology in the United States based on the number of universities and their ranks are Cambridge, Stanford, Berkeley, and Seattle.