2025 Best Biochemistry Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

If you pursue a doctor's degree in biochemistry, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #63 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Biochemistry Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 78 doctor's degrees in biochemistry during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Biochemistry School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of biochemistry for getting your doctor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on biochemistry students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of biochemistry students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized biochemistry related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Biochemistry Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Biochemistry Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Biochemistry in the Southwest Region

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

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Doctorate in Biological Chemistry

1

Rice University
Houston, TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

20 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Rice University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in biochemistry. Rice is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Houston.More information about a doctorate in biochemistry from Rice University

2

The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in biochemistry needs to look into The University of Texas at Austin. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in biochemistry from The University of Texas at Austin

3

Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Texas A&M University - College Station is a great decision for students interested in a doctor's degree in biochemistry. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in biochemistry from Texas A&M University - College Station

Best Biochemistry Colleges by State

Explore the best biochemistry colleges for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	309	47
Arizona	171	19
Oklahoma	124	1

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Rankings in Majors Related to Biological Chemistry

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

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Molecular Biophysics	11
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	8
Molecular Biology	6
Biophysics	5
Molecular Biochemistry	5
Radiation Biology/Radiobiology	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.