2025 Best General Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in general biology, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #4 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 17 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,552 bachelor's degrees in general biology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great General Biology School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of general biology for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general biology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of general biology students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt general biology students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general biology related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general biology students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank General Biology Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Biology in Maryland

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in general biology.

10 Top Maryland Schools for a Bachelor's in Biology

1

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

490 Annual Graduates

$30,325 Median Starting Salary

$34,688 Median Student Debt

University of Maryland - College Park is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in general biology. UMCP is a very large public university located in the suburb of College Park.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the biology program earn around $30,325 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in general biology from University of Maryland - College Park

2

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

27 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Johns Hopkins University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in general biology. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Baltimore.More information about a bachelor’s in general biology from Johns Hopkins University

3

University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD

318 Annual Graduates

$33,055 Median Starting Salary

$27,002 Median Student Debt

University of Maryland - Baltimore County is a great decision for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in general biology. Located in the large suburb of Baltimore, UMBC is a public university with a large student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the biology program report average early career earnings of $33,055.

More information about a bachelor’s in general biology from University of Maryland - Baltimore County

4

Towson University
Towson, MD

198 Annual Graduates

$34,988 Median Starting Salary

$23,259 Median Student Debt

Towson University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in general biology. Located in the city of Towson, Towson is a public university with a large student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the general biology major at Towson University get $2,238 more than the standard college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.

More information about a bachelor’s in general biology from Towson University

5

Salisbury University
Salisbury, MD

64 Annual Graduates

$35,876 Median Starting Salary

$38,328 Median Student Debt

Located in the small suburb of Salisbury, Salisbury is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.

Those general biology students who get their bachelor's degree from Salisbury University receive $3,126 more than the average biology graduate.

More information about a bachelor’s in general biology from Salisbury University

6

Loyola University Maryland
Baltimore, MD

56 Annual Graduates

$34,655 Median Starting Salary

$55,520 Median Student Debt

Loyola Maryland is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Baltimore.

After graduation, biology bachelor's recipients typically make about $34,655 in their early careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in general biology from Loyola University Maryland

7

Hood College
Frederick, MD

21 Annual Graduates

Hood is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Frederick.More information about a bachelor’s in general biology from Hood College

8

Washington College
Chestertown, MD

31 Annual Graduates

$34,553 Median Starting Salary

$58,134 Median Student Debt

Washington College is a fairly small private not-for-profit college located in the distant town of Chestertown.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the biology program report average early career income of $34,553.

More information about a bachelor’s in general biology from Washington College

9

St Mary's College of Maryland
St. Mary's City, MD

40 Annual Graduates

$36,331 Median Starting Salary

SMCM is a small public college located in the rural area of St. Mary's City.

General Biology bachelor's degree recipients from St Mary's College of Maryland receive an earnings boost of approximately $3,581 over the average earnings of general biology majors.

More information about a bachelor’s in general biology from St Mary’s College of Maryland

10

Mount St Mary's University
Emmitsburg, MD

25 Annual Graduates

The Mount is a small private not-for-profit university located in the rural area of Emmitsburg.More information about a bachelor’s in general biology from Mount St Mary’s University

Best General Biology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best General Biology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	275	6,379
Pennsylvania	274	4,093
New Jersey	193	2,569
Delaware	130	229
District of Columbia	126	439

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Rankings in Majors Related to Biology

General Biology is one of 14 different types of Biological & Biomedical Sciences programs to choose from.

Biology Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Biology Studies	1,545
General Biomedical Sciences	7

Most Popular Majors Related to Biology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	254
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	205
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	185
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	101
Zoology	27
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other)	26
Biotechnology	17
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	12

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.