Biophysics

A program that focuses on the application of physics principles to the scientific study of the mechanisms of biological processes and assemblies at all levels of complexity. Includes instruction in research methods and equipment operation and applications to subjects such as bioenergetics, biophysical theory and modeling, electrophysics, membrane biology, channels, receptors and transporters, contractility and muscle function, protein shaping and folding, molecular and supramolecular structures and assemblies, and computational science.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 55 institutions across the United States, with a total of 858 degrees awarded annually.

Bachelor's Degrees

137

degrees awarded

Master's Degrees

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

116

degrees awarded

Other Awards

572

awards given

Top Schools for Biophysics

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

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	99
2	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	81
3	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	51
4	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	48
5	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	39
6	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	39
7	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	27
8	Stanford University Stanford, CA	27
9	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	27
10	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	27
11	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	24
12	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	24
13	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	21
14	Rockhurst University Kansas City, MO	21
15	University of California-San Francisco San Francisco, CA	18
16	East Carolina University Greenville, NC	18
17	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	18
18	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	15
19	Georgetown University Washington, DC	15
20	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	12
21	St Lawrence University Canton, NY	12
22	Duke University Durham, NC	12
23	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	12
24	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	12
25	The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, TX	12
26	Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI	9
27	University of San Diego San Diego, CA	9
28	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	9
29	Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH	9
30	Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX	9
31	Northeastern University Boston, MA	9
32	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	6
33	Emory University Atlanta, GA	6
34	Oakland University Rochester Hills, MI	6
35	Rowan University Glassboro, NJ	6
36	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	6
37	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	6
38	Brown University Providence, RI	6
39	Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC	3
40	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	3
41	Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA	3
42	Xavier University Cincinnati, OH	3
43	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	3
44	University of Scranton Scranton, PA	3
45	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	3
46	Boston University Boston, MA	3
47	Lipscomb University Nashville, TN	3
48	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	3
49	George Washington University Washington, DC	3
50	Pitzer College Claremont, CA	3
51	Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL	3
52	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	3
53	Brandeis University Waltham, MA	3
54	SUNY College at Geneseo Geneseo, NY	3
55	Iowa State University Ames, IA	3