Best ROI: Biology

Schools offering Biology ranked by overall ROI score. The average graduate in this field earns $34,773 four years after graduation. These are the schools where this major delivers the strongest financial return.

50 schools ranked

#	School	ROI	Net Price	10yr Earnings	Median Debt	Completion	Tier
1	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	98	$14,860	$91,885	$15,000	95.9%	Exceptional
2	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	97	$13,481	$92,446	$13,000	92.8%	Exceptional
3	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA	97	$12,116	$102,772	$21,672	94.0%	Exceptional
4	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	97	$26,780	$99,980	$19,000	95.2%	Exceptional
5	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	97	$28,699	$111,371	$15,715	96.5%	Exceptional
6	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	96	$16,665	$90,768	$18,500	86.4%	Exceptional
7	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	96	$12,548	$82,511	$14,000	92.6%	Exceptional
8	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	96	$12,470	$84,943	$15,500	86.1%	Exceptional
9	Williams College Williamstown, MA	96	$17,716	$88,665	$12,761	93.6%	Exceptional
10	Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO	96	$21,786	$86,182	$17,500	94.3%	Exceptional
11	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	96	$21,590	$102,491	$21,500	96.1%	Exceptional
12	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	96	$28,690	$104,043	$14,000	95.4%	Exceptional
13	Duke University Durham, NC	96	$29,612	$97,800	$13,000	96.8%	Exceptional
14	Brown University Providence, RI	96	$25,184	$93,487	$11,428	95.7%	Exceptional
15	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	95	$14,741	$80,838	$13,000	85.7%	Exceptional
16	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	95	$13,138	$83,648	$19,500	93.2%	Exceptional
17	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	95	$29,519	$97,434	$17,500	95.5%	Exceptional
18	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	95	$21,565	$86,863	$17,500	95.6%	Exceptional
19	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	94	$14,251	$80,735	$15,000	86.9%	Exceptional
20	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	94	$29,167	$89,363	$15,000	95.1%	Exceptional
21	Colby College Waterville, ME	94	$17,180	$80,490	$19,157	88.8%	Exceptional
22	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	94	$15,678	$82,860	$19,000	88.6%	Exceptional
23	Wellesley College Wellesley, MA	94	$25,496	$84,803	$10,000	91.5%	Exceptional
24	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	94	$11,655	$72,200	$14,000	91.2%	Exceptional
25	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	94	$14,091	$78,466	$14,615	85.2%	Exceptional
26	Georgetown University Washington, DC	93	$40,815	$103,494	$15,500	94.8%	Exceptional
27	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	93	$36,931	$105,584	$21,960	87.9%	Exceptional
28	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	92	$6,541	$71,588	$15,000	91.1%	Exceptional
29	Emory University Atlanta, GA	92	$22,585	$80,137	$18,250	91.1%	Exceptional
30	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	92	$41,704	$103,937	$19,000	90.8%	Exceptional
31	New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ	92	$16,504	$84,276	$21,000	72.8%	Exceptional
32	Colgate University Hamilton, NY	92	$28,786	$85,139	$15,000	91.2%	Exceptional
33	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY	92	$3,033	$75,971	$11,512	72.1%	Exceptional
34	Lafayette College Easton, PA	92	$34,433	$91,410	$16,000	87.6%	Exceptional
35	Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA	92	$23,149	$80,257	$17,500	92.3%	Exceptional
36	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	91	$32,740	$92,498	$18,000	91.8%	Exceptional
37	Northeastern University Boston, MA	91	$30,915	$92,538	$24,250	90.5%	Exceptional
38	William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	91	$19,096	$73,490	$18,500	89.4%	Exceptional
39	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	91	$17,354	$73,792	$20,484	89.5%	Exceptional
40	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	91	$14,600	$72,424	$19,500	83.1%	Exceptional
41	University of Washington-Bothell Campus Bothell, WA	91	$12,319	$78,466	$14,615	65.3%	Exceptional
42	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus Tacoma, WA	91	$10,163	$78,466	$14,615	63.2%	Exceptional
43	University of Florida-Online Gainesville, FL	91	$4,815	$71,588	$15,000	84.7%	Exceptional
44	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	90	$16,109	$74,915	$13,993	83.0%	Exceptional
45	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	90	$50,062	$109,183	$19,162	87.9%	Exceptional
46	Boston University Boston, MA	90	$24,402	$83,238	$23,250	88.7%	Exceptional
47	Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA	90	$43,071	$103,470	$27,000	89.7%	Exceptional
48	Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla, MO	90	$16,298	$82,957	$23,250	64.4%	Exceptional
49	Barnard College New York, NY	90	$28,800	$80,516	$18,000	93.0%	Exceptional
50	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	90	$19,857	$75,121	$20,500	88.9%	Exceptional

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