Highest Earning Master's Biology Programs

These are the highest earning master's biology programs, ranked by median earnings. The ranking includes 50 programs, with Duke University leading at $299,873.

Rank	Institution	Program	State	Earnings	Completers
1	Duke University	Cell Biology	NC	$299,873	29
2	Johns Hopkins University	Biology	MD	$243,863	353
3	University of Pennsylvania	Ecology	PA	$237,136	33
4	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	Ecology	WA	$201,168	58
5	Harvard University	Ecology	MA	$168,833	127
6	Columbia University in the City of New York	Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	NY	$166,264	190
7	Harvard University	Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	MA	$155,888	72
8	Harvard University	Biotechnology	MA	$155,219	39
9	Brown University	Biotechnology	RI	$151,944	28
10	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	MN	$139,772	44
11	Ohio State University-Main Campus	Physiology	OH	$138,085	12
12	San Francisco State University	Biology	CA	$128,052	58
13	University of Chicago	Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	IL	$126,821	33
14	Georgetown University	Biotechnology	DC	$126,361	29
15	Northeastern University	Biotechnology	MA	$125,179	115
16	Johns Hopkins University	Biotechnology	MD	$123,994	466
17	Emory University	Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	GA	$120,576	46
18	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	Biotechnology	NC	$117,649	33
19	George Mason University	Microbiology	VA	$114,727	16
20	Ohio State University-Main Campus	Pharmacology	OH	$113,921	50
21	University of Maryland Global Campus	Biotechnology	MD	$113,231	164
22	Stanford University	Genetics	CA	$112,403	17
23	Northeastern University	Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	MA	$111,725	62
24	California State University-Channel Islands	Biotechnology	CA	$110,845	27
25	Michigan State University	Pharmacology	MI	$110,091	47
26	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse	Biology	WI	$109,836	18
27	Columbia University in the City of New York	Ecology	NY	$108,698	206
28	Grand Valley State University	Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	MI	$108,615	30
29	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	MI	$106,809	128
30	Johns Hopkins University	Ecology	MD	$106,149	94
31	Boston University	Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	MA	$104,263	122
32	Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science	Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other	IL	$103,565	31
33	Drexel University	Biology	PA	$100,989	30
34	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	Microbiology	MA	$100,729	11
35	George Washington University	Ecology	DC	$100,537	82
36	Temple University	Biotechnology	PA	$99,847	6
37	University of Oregon	Biology	OR	$98,203	5
38	Drexel University	Microbiology	PA	$98,009	34
39	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other	MN	$97,787	23
40	Georgetown University	Microbiology	DC	$97,357	30
41	Boston University	Ecology	MA	$96,565	221
42	Eastern Virginia Medical School	Physiology	VA	$96,539	27
43	Oregon Health & Science University	Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	OR	$95,840	10
44	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	AZ	$94,431	25
45	Arizona State University Digital Immersion	Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	AZ	$94,431	33
46	Quinnipiac University	Biology	CT	$94,066	27
47	Yale University	Ecology	CT	$93,163	97
48	California State University-San Marcos	Biotechnology	CA	$92,859	14
49	California State University-Fullerton	Biology	CA	$91,755	12
50	Arizona State University Digital Immersion	Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other	AZ	$91,663	59

Methodology

Programs ranked by highest earning. Only includes master's programs in CIP family 26 (Biology) with at least 10 completers. Data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.