Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

A program of study that combines the biological sub-disciplines of biochemistry and molecular biology. Includes instruction in general biology, general and organic chemistry, physics, biochemistry, molecular biology, immunology, microbiology, genetics, and cellular biology.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 97 institutions across the United States, with a total of 4961 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

1,249

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

199

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

198

degrees awarded

Other Awards

3,308

awards given

Top Schools for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	519
2	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	285
3	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	261
4	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	243
5	University of Georgia Athens, GA	210
6	Yale University New Haven, CT	198
7	University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MD	183
8	Boston University Boston, MA	159
9	Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC	141
10	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	135
11	Clark University Worcester, MA	105
12	New York University New York, NY	90
13	Middlebury College Middlebury, VT	90
14	Truman State University Kirksville, MO	78
15	Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL	75
16	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH	75
17	Washington State University Pullman, WA	74
18	The College of Wooster Wooster, OH	66
19	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	60
20	University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA	57
21	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	54
22	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX	51
23	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	51
24	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	51
25	Houston Christian University Houston, TX	51
26	Whitman College Walla Walla, WA	48
27	Cornell College Mount Vernon, IA	48
28	Dickinson College Carlisle, PA	48
29	North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND	48
30	Hendrix College Conway, AR	48
31	Bethel University Saint Paul, MN	45
32	Anderson University Anderson, SC	45
33	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	45
34	Centre College Danville, KY	45
35	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	45
36	Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI	42
37	Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science Rochester, MN	42
38	Boise State University Boise, ID	42
39	Bellarmine University Louisville, KY	36
40	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	36
41	Wright State University-Main Campus Dayton, OH	36
42	Simmons University Boston, MA	36
43	Grand Canyon University Phoenix, AZ	33
44	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	33
45	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	30
46	Emporia State University Emporia, KS	30
47	Fisk University Nashville, TN	30
48	Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud, MN	27
49	University of North Texas Denton, TX	27
50	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	27
51	Linfield University McMinnville, OR	27
52	McPherson College McPherson, KS	24
53	Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA	24
54	Idaho State University Pocatello, ID	24
55	University of Wisconsin-Stout Menomonie, WI	24
56	Belmont University Nashville, TN	24
57	Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA	21
58	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	21
59	Lebanon Valley College Annville, PA	21
60	Wayne State University Detroit, MI	21
61	Hope College Holland, MI	21
62	Rollins College Winter Park, FL	21
63	Wittenberg University Springfield, OH	18
64	Florida Southern College Lakeland, FL	18
65	University of Maryland, Baltimore Baltimore, MD	18
66	Minnesota State University Moorhead Moorhead, MN	18
67	Washington College Chestertown, MD	18
68	Lake Forest College Lake Forest, IL	18
69	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO	15
70	Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI	15
71	Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO	15
72	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	15
73	Hardin-Simmons University Abilene, TX	15
74	Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown, PA	12
75	Bethel University Mishawaka, IN	12
76	University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City, OK	12
77	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	12
78	West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	12
79	Aquinas College Grand Rapids, MI	12
80	University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE	9
81	Augusta University Augusta, GA	9
82	Hampden-Sydney College Hampden-Sydney, VA	9
83	Goucher College Baltimore, MD	9
84	Benedictine University Lisle, IL	6
85	La Sierra University Riverside, CA	6
86	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	6
87	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	6
88	Bethel College-North Newton North Newton, KS	6
89	Lincoln University Lincoln University, PA	6
90	Bellevue College Bellevue, WA	6
91	Wilson College Chambersburg, PA	3
92	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	3
93	Utah Tech University Saint George, UT	3
94	Briar Cliff University Sioux City, IA	3
95	Harding University Searcy, AR	3
96	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	3
97	Wells College Aurora, NY	3