George Washington paused admission to the Human Paleobiology Ph.D. program for fall 2026. This is an admissions pause, not a confirmed program closure. Open the record for the exact decision and source.
Is my program
affected?
Search a major, field, or college. A result describes a published change. No result does not guarantee that a program is unaffected.
“Biology”
Read each action label carefully. A closure, admission pause, teach-out, and accreditation change do not mean the same thing. One college decision may also name several programs.
Youngstown State's Board of Trustees approved deactivating the Biology concentration in the BSEd Integrated Sciences adolescent license program on June 18, 2026. The resolution identifies a concentration change, not closure of the full education degree. Open the record for the exact decision and source.
SUNY Fredonia lists Biology graduate program as program closing to new students. Recruitment and new admission end after fall 2026; current students may finish. This is a program-level action, not an institution closure. Open the record for the exact decision and source.
CUNY discontinued the College of Staten Island's alternative certification master's program for secondary biology teachers after a five-year review found consistently low or no enrollment. The Teaching Fellows program for which it was designed had ended. Open the record for the exact decision and source.
Iowa State identified Bioinformatics and Computational Biology for closure in its 2026 program vitality review. The recommendation still required normal university and Board of Regents approval, and current students could finish. Open the record for the exact decision and source.
Mercy College of Ohio discontinued its bachelor's program in Biology and placed it in teach-out effective April 8, 2026. Open the record for the exact decision and source.
Indiana's official program review lists Indiana University Bloomington's M.A.T. in Biology for program suspended with teach-out. Current students retain a path to finish. The action applies to this credential, not to the institution as a whole. Open the record for the exact decision and source.
Indiana's official program review lists Purdue University West Lafayette's B.S. in Chemical Biology and Biochemistry for program suspended with teach-out. Current students retain a path to finish. The action applies to this credential, not to the institution as a whole. Open the record for the exact decision and source.
Indiana's official program review lists Purdue University West Lafayette's B.S. in Microbiology for program suspended with teach-out. Current students retain a path to finish. The action applies to this credential, not to the institution as a whole. Open the record for the exact decision and source.
The Oklahoma State Regents approved University of Oklahoma's request to delete the Bachelor of Science in Plant Biology. The action applies to this credential, not to the institution as a whole. Open the record for the exact decision and source.
University of North Texas lists Biology (M.A.) into Biology (M.S.) as program being merged. The original credential is being folded into the named receiving program or concentration. This is a program-level action, not an institution closure. Open the record for the exact decision and source.
PASSHE's February 2026 Board agenda reports that Slippery Rock discontinued the Cytotechnology concentration in its Biology BS during October through December 2025. The table does not give the exact institutional action date. Open the record for the exact decision and source.
PASSHE's February 2026 Board agenda reports that Kutztown put this graduate teacher certification into moratorium during October through December 2025. A moratorium pauses new admissions. Open the record for the exact decision and source.
West Virginia University's Board of Governors approved deactivating the MS major in Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Deactivation stops new enrollment but is not necessarily permanent. Open the record for the exact decision and source.
Western Kentucky University's Board of Regents approved suspending the Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology on December 11, 2025. The source records a program suspension, not a closure of the university. Open the record for the exact decision and source.
Michigan State University's official curriculum register lists the Quantitative Biology dual-major PhD for discontinuation effective fall 2025. Open the record for the exact decision and source.
Arkansas's official higher-education agenda records the approved deletion of UAMS's doctorate in Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences for fall 2025. Open the record for the exact decision and source.
The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees approved discontinuing the Master of Arts in Molecular Biology after the 2024-25 academic year following the university's annual review of low-producing programs. Open the record for the exact decision and source.
SUNY Buffalo State University lists Biology Education Certificate, 36 credit hours for deactivation or discontinuation. Current students retain a completion path. The action applies to this offering, not to the institution as a whole. Open the record for the exact decision and source.
SUNY Buffalo State University lists Biology Education Certificate, 42 credit hours for deactivation or discontinuation. Current students retain a completion path. The action applies to this offering, not to the institution as a whole. Open the record for the exact decision and source.
The University System of Georgia reports that the Board of Regents approved terminating Associate of Science in Biology at East Georgia State College. The requested effective term is summer 2025. Open the record for the exact decision and source.
The University System of Georgia reports that the Board of Regents approved terminating Bachelor of Science in Biology at East Georgia State College. The requested effective term is summer 2025. Open the record for the exact decision and source.
The Iowa Board of Regents approved terminating the University of Iowa's Master of Science in Anatomy and Cell Biology in April 2025. The action applies to this degree, not to the university. Open the record for the exact decision and source.
The Iowa Board of Regents approved terminating the University of Iowa's PhD in Anatomy and Cell Biology in April 2025. The action applies to this degree, not to the university. Open the record for the exact decision and source.
Fairleigh Dickinson University lists Marine Biology for deactivation or discontinuation. Current students retain a completion path. The action applies to this offering, not to the institution as a whole. Open the record for the exact decision and source.
Virginia Commonwealth University closed the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and combined its administration with two other departments in the new Department of Cellular, Molecular, and Genetic Medicine. This is a department reorganization, not an institution closure. Open the record for the exact decision and source.
A program action is not
a career forecast.
Colleges close or pause programs for many reasons, including enrollment, cost, staffing, accreditation, and state policy. Before changing plans, confirm the action with the college and compare the field with independent labor-market information.