2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Molecular Biochemistry Major in Illinois

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

Molecular Biochemistry is the 568th most popular major in the country with 521 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Illinois, there were 18 molecular biochemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 molecular biochemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,317 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Molecular Biochemistry Major in Illinois” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in molecular biochemistry. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their molecular biochemistry program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Molecular Biochemistry Major in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Molecular Biochemistry Major in Illinois”.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Molecular Biochemistry in Illinois

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Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Carbondale, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Molecular Biochemistry Major in Illinois list. Located in Carbondale, Illinois, this fairly large public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s molecular biochemistry students in 2020-2021.

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2

Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

#4 overall quality in Illinois

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Molecular Biochemistry Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University Chicago landed the #2 spot on the list. Loyola Chicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s molecular biochemistry degrees to qualified students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.

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University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

#2 overall quality in Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Chicago. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Molecular Biochemistry Major in Illinois list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s molecular biochemistry students in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%.

Full UChicago Molecular Biochemistry Report

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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.