2025 Best Molecular Biology Schools in Tennessee

If you plan on majoring in molecular biology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #356 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Tennessee to determine which ones were the best for molecular biology students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 109 degrees in molecular biology to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Molecular Biology Schools List

Pick Your Molecular Biology Degree Level

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 Molecular Biology Schools in Tennessee list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Molecular Biology in Tennessee

The schools below may not offer all types of molecular biology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Tennessee Schools in Molecular Biology

1

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

45 Molecular Biology Degrees Awarded

8.9% Growth in Graduates

Vanderbilt University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in molecular biology. Located in the city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in molecular biology from Vanderbilt University

2

Lipscomb University
Nashville, TN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

50 Molecular Biology Degrees Awarded

It is hard to beat Lipscomb University if you wish to pursue a degree in molecular biology. Lipscomb is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Nashville.More information about a degree in molecular biology from Lipscomb University

Best Molecular Biology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Molecular Biology Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	715	14
North Carolina	710	12
Georgia	690	0
Mississippi	501	2
Arkansas	466	2

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Rankings in Majors Related to Molecular Biology

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

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Biochemistry	144
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	31
Biophysics	3

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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.