Ranked #79 in popularity, biochemistry is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Biochemistry Schools in Maine ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 95 degrees in biochemistry during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The biological chemistry program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Biochemistry rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for biochemistry 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.
The biological chemistry school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Biochemistry Schools in Maine.
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The schools below may not offer all types of biological chemistry degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It is difficult to beat Bowdoin College if you want to pursue a degree in biochemistry. Located in the town of Brunswick, Bowdoin is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #56 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Bowdoin is a great college overall.
There were approximately 30 biochemistry students who graduated with this degree at Bowdoin in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat Bates College if you want to pursue a degree in biochemistry. Located in the city of Lewiston, Bates is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #265 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Bates is a great college overall.
There were about 29 biochemistry students who graduated with this degree at Bates in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in biochemistry needs to check out University of Southern Maine. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Portland. This university ranks 7th out of 19 schools for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were approximately 5 biochemistry students who graduated with this degree at University of Southern Maine in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat University of Maine if you want to pursue a degree in biochemistry. UMaine is a large public university located in the small suburb of Orono. This university ranks 19th out of 19 schools for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were roughly 25 biochemistry students who graduated with this degree at UMaine 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).