2025 Best Biophysics Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in biophysics, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #160 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Biophysics Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 36 doctor's degrees in biophysics during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Biophysics School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of biophysics for getting your doctor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to biophysics students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other biophysics students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• 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 biophysics related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Biophysics Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Biophysics in the Far Western US Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for biophysics students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Doctorate in Biophysics

1

Stanford University
Stanford, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

9 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in biophysics has to check out Stanford University. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Stanford.More information about a doctorate in biophysics from Stanford University

2

University of California - Davis
Davis, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

6 Annual Graduates

University of California - Davis is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in biophysics. Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in biophysics from University of California - Davis

3

University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in biophysics needs to check out University of California - Berkeley. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.More information about a doctorate in biophysics from University of California - Berkeley

Best Biophysics Colleges by State

Explore the best biophysics schools for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	381	26

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Rankings in Majors Related to Biophysics

Biophysics is one of 9 different types of Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Biophysics

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	39
Molecular Biology	38
Other Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	31
Biochemistry	27
Molecular Biochemistry	23
Structural Biology	2

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.