by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Chemistry Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Biochemistry is the 79th most popular major in the country with 10,320 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 9,605 biochemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Chemistry Major” ranking looked at 570 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in biochemistry. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their biochemistry program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Chemistry Major”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Virginia University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Chemistry Major. This small school is located in Buena Vista, Virginia, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s biological chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 570 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Chemistry Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Westminster College Missouri landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Fulton, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 15 degrees to qualified bachelors’s biological chemistry students in 2020-2021.
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.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Earlham College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Chemistry Major list. Richmond, Indiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s biological chemistry degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend DePauw University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Chemistry Major. Located in Greencastle, Indiana, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 35 degrees to qualified bachelors’s biological chemistry students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hanover College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Chemistry Major list. Hanover College is a small school located in Hanover, Indiana that handed out 14 bachelors’s biological chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Grinnell College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Chemistry Major list. Grinnell, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s biological chemistry degrees to 27 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Monmouth College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Chemistry Major ranking. Located in Monmouth, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s biological chemistry students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Hillsdale College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Chemistry Major ranking. Located in Hillsdale, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 21 degrees to qualified bachelors’s biological chemistry students in 2020-2021.
Bates College ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Chemistry Major list. Bates College is located in Lewiston, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 29 bachelors’s biological chemistry degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, 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. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Saint Johns University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Chemistry Major ranking. Collegeville, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s biological chemistry degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
With a ranking of #11, Bowdoin College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Chemistry Major list. Bowdoin is located in Brunswick, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 30 bachelors’s biological chemistry degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Maryville College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Chemistry Major ranking, coming in at #12. Maryville College is located in Maryville, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s biological chemistry degrees to qualified students.
Salem College landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Chemistry Major ranking. Salem is a small school located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina that handed out 8 bachelors’s biological chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #14, Oakwood University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Chemistry Major list. Oakwood is a small school located in Huntsville, Alabama that handed out 12 bachelors’s biological chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Berry College ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Chemistry Major list. This small school is located in Mount Berry, Georgia, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s biological chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
College of Saint Benedict came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Chemistry Major ranking. College of Saint Benedict is located in Saint Joseph, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s biological chemistry degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Ursinus College ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Chemistry Major list. Ursinus College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. It awarded 15 bachelors’s biological chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Otterbein University ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Chemistry Major list. Located in Westerville, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 29 degrees to qualified bachelors’s biological chemistry students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Lawrence University ranked #19 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Chemistry Major list. Lawrence U is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Appleton, Wisconsin. It awarded 13 bachelors’s biological chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Vassar College came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Chemistry Major ranking. Vassar is located in Poughkeepsie, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 25 bachelors’s biological chemistry degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Calvin University ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Chemistry Major list. Calvin is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 37 bachelors’s biological chemistry degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #22, University of Pittsburgh - Greensburg did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Chemistry Major list. Pitt Greensburg is a public institution located in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Franklin and Marshall College ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Chemistry Major list. Located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 22 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s biological chemistry students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
With a ranking of #24, Allegheny College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Chemistry Major list. Allegheny College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Meadville, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Washington & Jefferson College came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biological Chemistry Major ranking. W&J is a small school located in Washington, Pennsylvania that handed out 9 bachelors’s biological chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Not only did these schools make the top 50 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
While not in the ‘top 50’, these schools make the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 51 | Presbyterian College | Clinton, SC |
| 52 | Knox College | Galesburg, IL |
| 53 | Southwestern University | Georgetown, TX |
| 54 | Roanoke College | Salem, VA |
| 55 | Scripps College | Claremont, CA |
| 56 | Reed College | Portland, OR |
| 57 | William Jewell College | Liberty, MO |
| 58 | Illinois Wesleyan University | Bloomington, IL |
| 59 | Hamilton College | Clinton, NY |
| 60 | Wabash College | Crawfordsville, IN |
| 61 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | Syracuse, NY |
| 62 | Washington and Lee University | Lexington, VA |
| 63 | Wartburg College | Waverly, IA |
| 64 | University of Tulsa | Tulsa, OK |
| 65 | Converse College | Spartanburg, SC |
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 66 | Millsaps College | Jackson, MS |
| 67 | Saint Vincent College | Latrobe, PA |
| 68 | University of Washington - Seattle Campus | Seattle, WA |
| 69 | Smith College | Northampton, MA |
| 70 | Gettysburg College | Gettysburg, PA |
| 71 | Southern Nazarene University | Bethany, OK |
| 72 | SUNY Geneseo | Geneseo, NY |
| 73 | Whittier College | Whittier, CA |
| 74 | Dakota Wesleyan University | Mitchell, SD |
| 75 | Barnard College | New York, NY |
| 76 | Grand View University | Des Moines, IA |
| 77 | Hiram College | Hiram, OH |
| 78 | Lake Superior State University | Sault Ste Marie, MI |
| 79 | Moravian College | Bethlehem, PA |
| 80 | The University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX |
| 81 | Oberlin College | Oberlin, OH |
| 82 | Wheaton College Massachusetts | Norton, MA |
| 83 | Clarke University | Dubuque, IA |
| 84 | Judson University | Elgin, IL |
| 85 | Wellesley College | Wellesley, MA |
| 86 | Christian Brothers University | Memphis, TN |
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