2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biochemistry in District of Columbia

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In 2020-2021, 10,320 people earned their degree in biochemistry, making the major the 79th most popular in the United States.

Across District of Columbia, there were 34 biochemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 biochemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,283 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Chemistry Major in District of Columbia” ranking looked at 2 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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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Chemistry Major in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia doctor’s degree biological chemistry students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biochemistry in District of Columbia

1

Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia

#6 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Chemistry Major in District of Columbia list. Howard is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s biological chemistry degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

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George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Chemistry Major in District of Columbia list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified doctorate’s biological chemistry students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biochemistry in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biochemistry

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.