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2024 Best Biophysics Schools in New York

3 Colleges in New York
18 Biophysics Degrees Awarded
When it comes to popularity, biophysics sits in the middle of the road, ranking #732 out of 1506 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of biophysics. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 18 degrees in biophysics during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Biophysics School

Best Biophysics Schools in New York Your choice of biophysics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Biophysics 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.

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Bachelor's Degrees in Biophysics
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The biophysics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Biophysics Schools in New York. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Biophysics in New York

The schools below may not offer all types of biophysics degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top New York Schools in Biophysics

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In NY

Columbia University in the City of New York is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in biophysics. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.

There were roughly 1 biophysics students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year.

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In NY

Cornell University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in biophysics. Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.

There were approximately 1 biophysics students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent year we have data available.

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3
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In NY

Every student who is interested in biophysics needs to take a look at University of Rochester. University of Rochester is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Rochester. This university ranks 8th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were approximately 5 biophysics students who graduated with this degree at University of Rochester in the most recent year we have data available.

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4
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In NY

Any student who is interested in biophysics has to check out University at Buffalo. University at Buffalo is a very large public university located in the suburb of Buffalo. This university ranks 23rd out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were about 5 biophysics students who graduated with this degree at University at Buffalo in the most recent data year.

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SUNY Geneseo
Geneseo, NY
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In NY

Located in the distant town of Geneseo, SUNY Geneseo is a public school with a small student population. This school ranks 76th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were about 1 biophysics students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Geneseo in the most recent data year.

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Best Biophysics Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 978 17
Maryland 618 42
New Jersey 614 5
District of Columbia 441 8

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

Majors Similar to Biophysics

Related Major Annual Graduates
Biochemistry 654
Molecular Biology 55
Molecular Biochemistry 43
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 31
Other Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 31
Structural Biology 5

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