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2022 Best Value Molecular Biochemistry Schools for a Doctorate

6 Ranked Colleges
55 Degrees Awarded
$35,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Molecular Biochemistry Schools for a Doctorate

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Molecular Biochemistry Schools for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 516 people earned their degree in molecular biochemistry, making the major the 547th most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 55 molecular biochemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Molecular Biochemistry Schools for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in molecular biochemistry. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent molecular biochemistry programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the molecular biochemistry program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Molecular Biochemistry Schools for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Molecular Biochemistry Schools for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree molecular biochemistry students.

Top 7 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Molecular Biochemistry

#1

University of California - San Francisco

San Francisco, California
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Molecular Biochemistry Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Francisco landed the #1 spot on the list. UCSF is a small school located in San Francisco, California that handed out 14 doctorate’s molecular biochemistry degrees in 2019-2020.

UCSF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Molecular Biochemistry Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCSF are $28,092, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Molecular Biochemistry at UCSF

#2

University of California - Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Molecular Biochemistry Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Los Angeles landed the #2 spot on the list. University of California - Los Angeles is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 doctorate’s molecular biochemistry degrees to qualified students.

UCLA also made our “Best Molecular Biochemistry Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Los Angeles are $28,131.

Read full report on Molecular Biochemistry at University of California - Los Angeles

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Molecular Biochemistry Schools for a Doctorate. UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 doctorate’s molecular biochemistry degrees to qualified students.

UAB not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Molecular Biochemistry Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Alabama at Birmingham are $19,188, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Molecular Biochemistry at UAB

#4

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stony Brook University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Molecular Biochemistry Schools for a Doctorate. Stony Brook University is a large public school situated in Stony Brook, New York. It awarded 2 doctorate’s molecular biochemistry degrees in 2019-2020.

SUNY Stony Brook did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Molecular Biochemistry Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SUNY Stony Brook are $25,583.

Read full report on Molecular Biochemistry at Stony Brook University

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Molecular Biochemistry Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Carbondale, Illinois, this fairly large public school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s molecular biochemistry students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree molecular biochemistry students list, SIUC has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Molecular Biochemistry Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are $32,928.

Read full report on Molecular Biochemistry at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

#5

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Molecular Biochemistry Schools for a Doctorate. Georgetown University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 4 doctorate’s molecular biochemistry degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgetown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Molecular Biochemistry Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown University are $53,591, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Molecular Biochemistry at Georgetown

#6

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

University of Chicago ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Molecular Biochemistry Schools for a Doctorate list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s molecular biochemistry degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

UChicago also took the #1 spot in our “Best Molecular Biochemistry Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Chicago are $61,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UChicago Molecular Biochemistry Report

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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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