2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology in the Plains States Region

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In 2020-2021, 259 people earned their degree in other biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology, making the major the 739th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 59 other biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 55 other biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in other biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology in the Plains States Region

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Drake University
Des Moines, Iowa

Top 10% overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Drake University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Des Moines, Iowa, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s other biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Other Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology at Drake University

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Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington University in St Louis. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 29 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Washington University in St Louis Other Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology Report

• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.