2025 Best Molecular Biology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
4Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region
112Molecular Biology Degrees Awarded
Molecular Biology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #356 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for molecular biology students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 112 degrees in molecular biology annually.
Your choice of molecular biology 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 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.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Molecular Biology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Molecular Biology in the Rocky Mountains 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 molecular biology degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools in Molecular Biology
It's difficult to beat University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus if you wish to pursue a degree in molecular biology. CU Anschutz is a very large public university located in the large city of Denver. This university ranks 14th out of 31 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were about 10 molecular biology students who graduated with this degree at CU Anschutz in the most recent data year.
Brigham Young University - Provo is a good option for students interested in a degree in molecular biology. Located in the city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #257 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means BYU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 40 molecular biology students who graduated with this degree at BYU in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in molecular biology needs to look into University of Denver. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Denver. A Best Colleges rank of #174 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means DU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 32 molecular biology students who graduated with this degree at DU in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Wyoming is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in molecular biology. Located in the remote town of Laramie, UW is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 7 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wyoming.
There were about 18 molecular biology students who graduated with this degree at UW 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).
Your choice of molecular biology 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 molecular biology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
