Biophysics isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #732 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 6 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Biophysics Schools in California ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 59 degrees in biophysics to qualified students.
Your choice of biophysics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for biophysics 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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Biophysics Schools in California ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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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 biophysics degrees they offer, see the list below.
Every student pursuing a degree in biophysics has to look into Stanford University. Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #3 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Stanford is a great university overall.
There were approximately 12 biophysics students who graduated with this degree at Stanford in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat University of California - Los Angeles if you wish to pursue a degree in biophysics. UCLA is a fairly large public university located in the city of Los Angeles. This university ranks 5th out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 16 biophysics students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat University of California - Berkeley if you want to pursue a degree in biophysics. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #18 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UC Berkeley is a great university overall.
There were roughly 7 biophysics students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat University of Southern California if you wish to pursue a degree in biophysics. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were about 1 biophysics students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 8th out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 8 biophysics students who graduated with this degree at UCSD in the most recent data year.
UC Davis is a very large public university located in the small suburb of Davis. This university ranks 13th out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 2 biophysics students who graduated with this degree at UC Davis in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of San Diego, USD is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 29th out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 2 biophysics students who graduated with this degree at USD in the most recent year we have data available.
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 biophysics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for biophysics schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
