2025 Best Biochemistry Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

If you pursue a doctor's degree in biochemistry, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #63 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for biochemistry students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 80 doctor's degrees in biochemistry during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on biochemistry students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of biochemistry students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized biochemistry related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for biochemistry students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Biochemistry Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Biochemistry Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Biochemistry in the Southeast Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in biochemistry.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Doctorate in Biological Chemistry

1

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Vanderbilt University is a great option for students interested in a doctor's degree in biochemistry. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Nashville.More information about a doctorate in biochemistry from Vanderbilt University

2

University of Virginia - Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

University of Virginia - Main Campus is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a doctor's degree in biochemistry. Located in the midsize suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in biochemistry from University of Virginia - Main Campus

Best Biochemistry Colleges by State

Explore the best biochemistry colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	217	6
North Carolina	190	16
Virginia	182	9
Mississippi	154	0
Tennessee	150	13
Louisiana	146	9
South Carolina	135	3
Kentucky	119	10
Arkansas	74	2

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Rankings in Majors Related to Biological Chemistry

One of 9 majors within the Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology area of study, Biochemistry has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	41
Molecular Biology	11
Biophysics	10
Molecular Biochemistry	9
Other Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	9
Molecular Biophysics	4

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.