If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in human biology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #132 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Human Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 132 bachelor's degrees in human biology to qualified students.
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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 many resources a school devotes to human biology students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other human biology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
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 human 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 human biology related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for human biology students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Human Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
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Hamline University is a good choice for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in human biology. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, Hamline is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the human biology program earn around $39,612 for their early career.
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.
by our College Data Analytics Team
