2025 Best Biophysics Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

Biophysics isn't the most popular bachelor's program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #594 in popularity out of 1232 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for biophysics students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 8 bachelor's degrees in biophysics to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on biophysics students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of biophysics students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized biophysics related body.

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

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When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Biophysics Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Biophysics in the New England Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in biophysics.

Top New England Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Biophysics

1

Northeastern University
Boston, MA

3 Annual Graduates

Northeastern University is a good option for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in biophysics. Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in biophysics from Northeastern University

2

Brown University
Providence, RI

2 Annual Graduates

Brown University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in biophysics. Brown is a large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Providence.More information about a bachelor’s in biophysics from Brown University

Best Biophysics Colleges by State

Explore the best biophysics schools for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	581	7
Connecticut	341	5
Rhode Island	307	1

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Biophysics Related Rankings by Major

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

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Biochemistry	562
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	348
Molecular Biology	194
Other Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	37
Molecular Biochemistry	22
Radiation Biology/Radiobiology	6

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.