2024 Best Biophysics Schools in District of Columbia

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.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Biophysics Schools in District of Columbia ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 8 degrees in biophysics during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Best Schools for Biophysics in District of Columbia

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.

Top District of Columbia Schools in Biophysics

1

Georgetown University
Washington, DC

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student who is interested in biophysics has to look into Georgetown University. Georgetown is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington.More information about a degree in biophysics from Georgetown University

2

George Washington University
Washington, DC

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

50.0% Growth in Graduates

Every student who is interested in biophysics needs to look into George Washington University. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in biophysics from George Washington University

Best Biophysics Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Biophysics Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	1,026	15
Pennsylvania	978	17
Maryland	618	42
New Jersey	614	5

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Biophysics Related Rankings by Major

Biophysics is one of 9 different types of Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Molecular Biochemistry	36
Biochemistry	34
Molecular Biology	20
Other Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	15

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Notes and References

• 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.