Biological Research schools in California
California has 4 programs awarding the PhD / MS. Grad school in the biosciences works differently: there is no centralized application, the GRE is mostly dropped, and you choose programs by FACULTY / LAB FIT rather than an accredited list. Three research-based letters carry heavy weight — line those up early. Compare them against the full biological research picture nationwide.
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Median GPA in California
3.70
Biological Research median nationwide
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Admissions test
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Median tuition, private programs
Medians are worked out from the schools listed on this page that publish each number. Each school’s numbers say where they came from. How we source our numbers
Grad school in the biosciences works differently: there is no centralized application, the GRE is mostly dropped, and you choose programs by FACULTY / LAB FIT rather than an accredited list. Three research-based letters carry heavy weight — line those up early.
The 4 biological research programs in California
Stanford University
Stanford, California · Private
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University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California · Public
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- 34
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University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California · Public
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- 94
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University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California · Public
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- 17
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