Biology at Maryland
Maryland graduates about 701 biology majors a year, 8% of its graduating class. That puts it 39th of 692 schools we score for biology, a standout program at 85 out of 100. Its current catalog lists 120 undergraduate courses in the field, more than 90% of the schools we've counted. Graduates in the major earn a median $66,000 four years out, 1.17× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $424 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Maryland
Where biology happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: School of Public Health, Computer Science Instructional Center, Animal Science Service Building, Plant Science Building, Biology-Psychology Building, Engineering Laboratory Building, Microbiology Building, Biosciences Research Building, UMD Health Center, Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering, Institute for Physical Science & Technology, Biomolecular Sciences.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 109 · Dining 11 · Student housing 8 · Dorm 8 · Athletics 6 · Arts 4.
Nearby in the biology ranking
Other strong majors at Maryland
- Computer science 90 · #33
- Economics 89 · #39
- Engineering (all) 89 · #32
- Math & statistics 88 · #42
- Political science & IR 87 · #47
- Physics & astronomy 87 · #38
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Maryland with every school we score in biology. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.