You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in molecular biophysics. It is ranked #1230 out of 1506 major degree programs in terms of popularity. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Molecular Biophysics Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 216 degrees in molecular biophysics during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of molecular biophysics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Molecular Biophysics School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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Best Schools for Molecular Biophysics in the United States
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 biophysics degrees they offer, see the list below.
It is hard to beat Washington University in St Louis if you wish to pursue a degree in molecular biophysics. WUSTL is a large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Saint Louis. A Best Colleges rank of #17 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means WUSTL is a great university overall.
There were approximately 2 molecular biophysics students who graduated with this degree at WUSTL in the most recent data year.
University of Denver is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in molecular biophysics. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Denver. This university ranks 3rd out of 33 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were roughly 5 molecular biophysics students who graduated with this degree at DU in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in molecular biophysics. Pitt is a fairly large public university located in the city of Pittsburgh. A Best Colleges rank of #79 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Pitt is a great university overall.
There were approximately 4 molecular biophysics students who graduated with this degree at Pitt in the most recent year we have data available.
Florida State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in molecular biophysics. Florida State is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Tallahassee. This university ranks 3rd out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 2 molecular biophysics students who graduated with this degree at Florida State 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).
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Your choice of molecular biophysics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Molecular Biophysics School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
