2025 Best Other Biological & Biomedical Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in other biological & biomedical sciences, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #92 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for other biological & biomedical sciences students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 154 doctor's degrees in other biological & biomedical sciences during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Other Biological & Biomedical Sciences School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of other biological & biomedical sciences for getting your doctor'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. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to other biological & biomedical sciences students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other other biological & biomedical sciences students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized other biological & biomedical sciences related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for other biological & biomedical sciences students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Other Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Other Biological & Biomedical Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Other Biological & Biomedical Sciences in the Southeast Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in other biological & biomedical sciences.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Doctorate in Other Biological & Biomedical Sciences

1

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

45 Annual Graduates

University of Florida is a wonderful option for students interested in a doctor's degree in other biological & biomedical sciences. UF is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Gainesville.More information about a doctorate in other biological & biomedical sciences from University of Florida

2

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

18 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Vanderbilt University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in other biological & biomedical sciences. Located in the large city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in other biological & biomedical sciences from Vanderbilt University

3

Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Virginia Tech is a great decision for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in other biological & biomedical sciences. Virginia Tech is a very large public school located in the small city of Blacksburg.More information about a doctorate in other biological & biomedical sciences from Virginia Tech

4

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Knoxville, TN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat The University of Tennessee - Knoxville if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in other biological & biomedical sciences. UT Knoxville is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville.More information about a doctorate in other biological & biomedical sciences from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

5

University of South Florida - Main Campus
Tampa, FL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in other biological & biomedical sciences from University of South Florida - Main Campus

6

East Carolina University
Greenville, NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Greenville, ECU is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in other biological & biomedical sciences from East Carolina University

7

University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Mobile, USA is a public university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in other biological & biomedical sciences from University of South Alabama

Best Other Biological & Biomedical Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best other biological & biomedical sciences schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	217	37
North Carolina	190	9
Virginia	182	14
Mississippi	154	0
Tennessee	150	35
Louisiana	146	3
Alabama	139	7
Kentucky	119	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Other Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Other Biological & Biomedical Sciences is one of 0 different types of Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) programs to choose from.

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.