Physiology General

A general program that focuses on the scientific study of the functional dynamics, morphology, and biochemical and biophysical communications within organisms and between living systems at all levels of complexity and integration. Includes instruction in reproduction, growth, hormonal action, vascular function, respiration, digestion, sensory perception and processing, sensorimotor integration, signal encoding and conveyance, homeostasis, physical function and malfunction, evolutionary physiology, and disease processes.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 72 institutions across the United States, with a total of 9536 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

206

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

104

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

1,878

degrees awarded

Master's Degrees

786

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

136

degrees awarded

Other Awards

6,426

awards given

Top Schools for Physiology General

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

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	1,119
2	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	885
3	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	717
4	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	645
5	Georgetown University Washington, DC	588
6	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	516
7	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	438
8	Golden West College Huntington Beach, CA	404
9	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	375
10	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	354
11	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	340
12	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	321
13	Glendale Community College Glendale, CA	312
14	Boston University Boston, MA	303
15	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	231
16	University of Wyoming Laramie, WY	186
17	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	105
18	Benedictine University Lisle, IL	93
19	University of Louisville Louisville, KY	90
20	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK	87
21	New York University New York, NY	87
22	Wright State University-Main Campus Dayton, OH	84
23	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	72
24	Chapman University Orange, CA	69
25	Vista Adult School Vista, CA	68
26	Kansas State University Manhattan, KS	66
27	Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI	57
28	Taylor University Upland, IN	54
29	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	54
30	Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York, NY	54
31	Seattle Pacific University Seattle, WA	48
32	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	48
33	University of Scranton Scranton, PA	48
34	University of Delaware Newark, DE	42
35	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	42
36	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL	39
37	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	33
38	University of Colorado Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO	30
39	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	30
40	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	30
41	SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Brooklyn, NY	27
42	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	24
43	Ball State University Muncie, IN	24
44	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	21
45	Augusta University Augusta, GA	21
46	Yale University New Haven, CT	18
47	University of Georgia Athens, GA	15
48	University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City, OK	15
49	University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO	15
50	Wayne State University Detroit, MI	15
51	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	12
52	Mt San Antonio College Walnut, CA	12
53	University of Denver Denver, CO	12
54	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	12
55	Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans New Orleans, LA	12
56	University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE	12
57	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	12
58	Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC	12
59	Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA	12
60	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO	9
61	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA	9
62	Emmanuel College Boston, MA	9
63	New York Medical College Valhalla, NY	6
64	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	6
65	University of Puerto Rico-Medical Sciences San Juan, PR	6
66	Loma Linda University Loma Linda, CA	6
67	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH	3
68	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	3
69	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	3
70	Howard University Washington, DC	3
71	Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport Shreveport, LA	3
72	Upstate Medical University Syracuse, NY	3