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2022 Best Value Molecular Physiology Schools for a Doctorate

6 Ranked Colleges
34 Degrees Awarded
$35,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Molecular Physiology Schools for a Doctorate

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Molecular Physiology Schools for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 37 people earned their degree in molecular physiology, making the major the 1094th most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 34 molecular physiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Molecular Physiology Schools for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in molecular physiology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality molecular physiology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the molecular physiology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Molecular Physiology Schools for a Doctorate

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

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Molecular Physiology

#5 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 #1 for the Best Value Molecular Physiology Schools for a Doctorate. UAB is a large school located in Birmingham, Alabama that handed out 4 doctorate’s molecular physiology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UAB, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Molecular Physiology Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UAB are $19,188, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Molecular Physiology at University of Alabama at Birmingham

#2

University of California - Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Los Angeles. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Molecular Physiology Schools for a Doctorate. UCLA is a large public school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 13 doctorate’s molecular physiology degrees in 2019-2020.

UCLA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Molecular Physiology Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCLA are $28,131, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UCLA Molecular Physiology Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baylor College of Medicine. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Molecular Physiology Schools for a Doctorate list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s molecular physiology degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree molecular physiology students list, Baylor College of Medicine has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Molecular Physiology Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Baylor College of Medicine are $28,375, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Molecular Physiology at Baylor College of Medicine

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Molecular Physiology Schools for a Doctorate. Located in Carbondale, Illinois, this fairly large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s molecular physiology students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree molecular physiology students list, SIUC has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Molecular Physiology 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.

Full Southern Illinois University Carbondale Molecular Physiology Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Molecular Physiology Schools for a Doctorate. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a large school located in Ann Arbor, Michigan that handed out 8 doctorate’s molecular physiology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree molecular physiology students list, U-M has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Molecular Physiology Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Molecular Physiology at U-M

#6

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee
#3 in overall quality

Vanderbilt University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Molecular Physiology Schools for a Doctorate ranking, coming in at #6. Vanderbilt is a fairly large school located in Nashville, Tennessee that handed out 5 doctorate’s molecular physiology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Vanderbilt, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Molecular Physiology Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt are $50,624, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Vanderbilt University Molecular Physiology 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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