2025 Best Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Schools in California
3Colleges in California
90Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Degrees Awarded
A degree in biochemistry & molecular biology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #336 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of biochemistry & molecular biology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 90 degrees in biochemistry & molecular biology annually.
Choosing a Great Biochemistry & Molecular Biology School
The biochemistry and molecular biology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for biochemistry & molecular biology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Rankings by Degree Level
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Schools in California list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology in California
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the biochemistry and molecular biology degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top California Schools in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
48Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Degrees Awarded
Any student pursuing a degree in biochemistry & molecular biology has to look into University of California - Irvine. Located in the city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 12th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 48 biochemistry & molecular biology students who graduated with this degree at UC Irvine in the most recent data year.
University of Southern California is a great choice for students interested in a degree in biochemistry & molecular biology. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #13 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 13 biochemistry & molecular biology students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year.
University of California - Riverside is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in biochemistry & molecular biology. UCR is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Riverside. This university ranks 28th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 17 biochemistry & molecular biology students who graduated with this degree at UCR in the most recent year we have data available.
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.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).