2025 Best Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Doctor's Degree Schools

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in biochemistry & molecular biology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #105 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 8 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 198 doctor's degrees in biochemistry & molecular biology during the <nil> academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Biochemistry & Molecular Biology School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of biochemistry & molecular biology for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality biochemistry and molecular biology program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to biochemistry & molecular biology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other biochemistry & molecular biology students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• 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 biochemistry & molecular biology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for biochemistry & molecular biology students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Doctor's Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Biochemistry & Molecular Biology in the United States

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in biochemistry & molecular biology.

Top Schools for a Doctorate in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

1

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

University of Pennsylvania is a great choice for students interested in a doctor's degree in biochemistry & molecular biology. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia.More information about a doctorate in biochemistry & molecular biology from University of Pennsylvania

2

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of Minnesota - Twin Cities if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in biochemistry & molecular biology. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Minneapolis.More information about a doctorate in biochemistry & molecular biology from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

3

Yale University
New Haven, CT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

Yale University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in biochemistry & molecular biology. Yale is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New Haven.More information about a doctorate in biochemistry & molecular biology from Yale University

4

Indiana University - Bloomington
Bloomington, IN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

7 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in biochemistry & molecular biology needs to take a look at Indiana University - Bloomington. Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in biochemistry & molecular biology from Indiana University - Bloomington

5

University of California - Irvine
Irvine, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

7 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in biochemistry & molecular biology from University of California - Irvine

6

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in biochemistry & molecular biology from Vanderbilt University

7

Washington State University
Pullman, WA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Wazzu is a very large public university located in the distant town of Pullman.More information about a doctorate in biochemistry & molecular biology from Washington State University

8

University of Georgia
Athens, GA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

UGA is a very large public university located in the city of Athens.More information about a doctorate in biochemistry & molecular biology from University of Georgia

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology by Region

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Southwest
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Related Rankings by Major

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology is one of 9 different types of Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Biochemistry	471
Molecular Biology	187
Biophysics	116
Molecular Biochemistry	61
Other Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	52
Molecular Biophysics	24
Radiation Biology/Radiobiology	6
Structural Biology	3

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.