If you plan on majoring in molecular biology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #356 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of molecular biology. Combined, these schools handed out 98 degrees in molecular biology to qualified students.
Your choice of molecular biology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Molecular Biology School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that 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.
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 Molecular Biology Schools in California list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of molecular biology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of California - Los Angeles is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in molecular biology. UCLA is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Los Angeles. This university ranks 5th out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 12 molecular biology students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent year we have data available.
University of California - San Diego is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in molecular biology. Located in the city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 8th out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 54 molecular biology students who graduated with this degree at UCSD in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in molecular biology has to check out University of Southern California. Located in the large 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 schools nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 4 molecular biology students who graduated with this degree at USC 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 biology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Molecular Biology School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
