2025 Best Biophysics Schools in the Great Lakes Region
7Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
69Biophysics Degrees Awarded
Biophysics isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #732 in popularity out of 1506 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.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 7 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Biophysics Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 69 degrees in biophysics to qualified students.
Your choice of biophysics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for biophysics 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.
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Best Schools for Biophysics in the Great Lakes Region
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 biophysics degrees they offer, see the list below.
It is hard to beat University of Wisconsin - Madison if you wish to pursue a degree in biophysics. UW - Madison is a fairly large public university located in the city of Madison. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were approximately 7 biophysics students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in biophysics has to check out University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were about 15 biophysics students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Chicago is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in biophysics. UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago. A Best Colleges rank of #3 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UChicago is a great university overall.
There were about 17 biophysics students who graduated with this degree at UChicago in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign if you wish to pursue a degree in biophysics. UIUC is a very large public university located in the small city of Champaign. This university ranks 3rd out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 10 biophysics students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent year we have data available.
Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Chicago. This university ranks 4th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 2 biophysics students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Chicago in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 11 biophysics students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent data year.
Located in the fringe town of Oxford, Miami University - Oxford is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 91 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were about 1 biophysics students who graduated with this degree at Miami University - Oxford in the most recent data year.
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).
Your choice of biophysics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for biophysics schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
