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CIP GROUP: 26.02
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.

Summary: Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 26.0202 - 26.0299.

National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2020 15 11938 809
2021 10 12313 772
2022 13 12558 840
2023 14 12334 933
2024 20 12092 953
Change -6.67% +3.32% +15.33%

Related CIPs

26 BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES.
26.02 Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.
26.0202 Biochemistry.
26.0203 Biophysics.
26.0204 Molecular Biology.
26.0205 Molecular Biochemistry.
26.0206 Molecular Biophysics.
26.0207 Structural Biology.
26.0208 Photobiology.
26.0209 Radiation Biology/Radiobiology.
26.0210 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
26.0299 Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Other.

Institutions granting degrees in Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change
Abilene Christian University17 -
Adelphi University7 -60.00%
Adrian College6 +300.00%
Agnes Scott College3 -16.67%
Albion College10 +14.29%
Albright College6 +250.00%
Alfred University2 -
Allegheny College19 -
Alma College2 +25.00%
Alvernia University4 -71.43%
American University6 -80.00%
Amherst College37 +42.11%
Anderson University3 -
Anderson University15 -44.44%
Andrews University9 +25.00%
Aquinas College4 -
Arizona State University Campus Immersion192 -26.32%
Arizona State University Digital Immersion79 -
Asbury University5 +100.00%
Ashland University3 +600.00%
Assumption University5 +120.00%
Augsburg University11 -
Augustana College9 -37.50%
Augustana University12 +28.57%
Austin College5 -23.08%
Ave Maria University10 -88.89%
Averett University1 -
Azusa Pacific University3 -
Baker University3 +300.00%
Barnard College9 -61.54%
Bates College26 +5.26%
Baylor University84 -1.43%
Bellarmine University12 +15.38%
Bellevue College2 +55.56%
Belmont Abbey College2 -
Belmont University8 +900.00%
Benedictine College5 -
Benedictine University2 +33.33%
Berry College27 -30.00%
Bethany Lutheran College2 -
Bethel College-North Newton2 -
Bethel University4 -57.14%
Bethel University15 +125.00%
Binghamton University61 +22.03%
Biola University7 +12.50%
Blackburn College1 -
Bob Jones University3 +100.00%
Boston College30 +25.00%
Boston University138 +34.82%
Bowdoin College25 -4.55%
Bradley University7 +50.00%
Brandeis University23 -20.00%
Brescia University2 -
Briar Cliff University1 +100.00%
Bridgewater College6 +180.00%
Brigham Young University76 +13.51%
Brigham Young University-Hawaii6 -33.33%
Brigham Young University-Idaho19 -8.00%
Brown University33 +31.82%
Bryn Mawr College7 +27.27%
Bucknell University19 +12.50%
Butler University19 +111.11%
CUNY City College18 +20.69%
California Baptist University2 +33.33%
California Lutheran University10 +35.71%
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo37 -23.53%
California State University-Bakersfield11 +20.00%
California State University-Chico11 +8.70%
California State University-Dominguez Hills5 -10.00%
California State University-East Bay8 -33.33%
California State University-Fresno38 +33.33%
California State University-Fullerton62 -9.46%
California State University-Long Beach61 +65.00%
California State University-Los Angeles38 -24.56%
California State University-Northridge19 +20.83%
California State University-Sacramento28 +29.63%
California State University-San Marcos36 +2.94%
Calvin University28 +54.84%
Campbell University8 -71.43%
Canisius University3 -42.86%
Capital University4 +80.00%
Carroll College13 -30.77%
Carroll University8 -
Carson-Newman University6 -62.50%
Case Western Reserve University56 +18.00%
Catawba College4 -28.57%
Cedar Crest College3 +100.00%
Cedarville University25 -
Centenary College of Louisiana3 -100.00%
Central College2 +166.67%
Central Connecticut State University26 +18.92%
Central Michigan University22 -50.00%
Centre College15 -5.88%
Chaminade University of Honolulu2 -33.33%
Chapman University19 +8.33%
Charleston Southern University5 -90.91%
Chatham University6 -
Chestnut Hill College3 -100.00%
Christian Brothers University1 +66.67%
Claflin University9 +66.67%
Claremont McKenna College3 -25.00%
Clark University28 -
Clarkson University13 +12.50%
Clemson University81 +17.24%
Coastal Carolina University23 +25.00%
Coe College6 -
Colgate University54 +11.76%
College of Saint Benedict6 -10.00%
College of Staten Island CUNY2 -33.33%
College of the Ozarks2 -
Colorado College11 -21.43%
Colorado School of Mines20 -
Colorado State University-Fort Collins52 -5.97%
Columbia College2 -
Columbia College3 -50.00%
Columbia University in the City of New York22 +5.88%
Concordia University-Irvine1 -
Concordia University-Nebraska1 -
Connecticut College13 -31.58%
Converse University1 +250.00%
Cornell College16 +11.11%
Creighton University21 -
Culver-Stockton College6 -
Cumberland University2 +500.00%
Curry College1 -
Daemen University1 -66.67%
Dakota Wesleyan University5 -57.14%
DePaul University4 -
DePauw University20 +121.05%
DeSales University2 +100.00%
Denison University7 -12.50%
Dickinson College16 -3.33%
Doane University2 -
Drake University25 -20.00%
Drew University11 -56.25%
Drury University14 +75.00%
Duke University4 -66.67%
Duquesne University26 -12.90%
Earlham College19 +53.85%
East Carolina University33 +21.21%
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania5 -10.00%
Eastern Connecticut State University2 -
Eastern Mennonite University2 +100.00%
Eastern Michigan University19 -
Eastern Nazarene College1 -
Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus1 -33.33%
Eastern University7 -
Eckerd College3 +125.00%
Elizabethtown College4 -
Elmhurst University10 -
Elon University12 +66.67%
Emmanuel College8 +22.22%
Emory University2 -
Emporia State University10 -53.85%
Fairfield University4 -
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus7 -83.33%
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus5 -
Ferris State University4 -
Fisk University10 +400.00%
Florida Gulf Coast University5 -20.00%
Florida Institute of Technology4 -40.00%
Florida International University44 +357.14%
Florida Southern College6 -55.56%
Florida State University59 -
Framingham State University2 +66.67%
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University3 +400.00%
Franciscan University of Steubenville4 -
Franklin and Marshall College19 +233.33%
Freed-Hardeman University7 +500.00%
Friends University1 -
Gannon University2 -25.00%
Geneva College1 -100.00%
George Fox University11 +80.00%
George Washington University1 -71.43%
Georgetown University17 +33.33%
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus45 -35.48%
Georgia Southern University20 -
Gettysburg College10 +66.67%
Gonzaga University23 +33.33%
Goshen College9 -16.67%
Goucher College3 -12.50%
Grand Canyon University11 +75.00%
Grand Valley State University30 +95.65%
Grand View University7 -62.50%
Grinnell College35 +65.52%
Grove City College12 +31.25%
Gustavus Adolphus College14 +27.27%
Hamilton College16 -31.58%
Hamline University8 -84.62%
Hampden-Sydney College3 -60.00%
Hampshire College2 -
Hampton University8 +650.00%
Hanover College11 +45.45%
Hardin-Simmons University5 +300.00%
Harding University4 -53.85%
Hartwick College1 -16.67%
Harvey Mudd College6 +250.00%
Hastings College3 -
Hawaii Pacific University4 -33.33%
Heidelberg University4 -
Hendrix College16 -43.75%
High Point University7 +75.00%
Hillsdale College24 -31.82%
Hiram College2 +700.00%
Hobart William Smith Colleges7 -42.86%
Hofstra University10 +18.18%
Holy Family University3 -
Hood College7 -55.56%
Hope College7 -18.18%
Houghton University6 +100.00%
Houston Christian University17 -
Huntingdon College9 +66.67%
Husson University2 -
Idaho State University8 -
Illinois College2 -40.00%
Illinois Institute of Technology6 +100.00%
Illinois State University5 -55.56%
Illinois Wesleyan University5 -
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus2 -20.00%
Indiana University-Bloomington53 +24.44%
Indiana University-East5 -14.29%
Indiana University-Kokomo3 -20.00%
Indiana University-Northwest6 -
Indiana University-South Bend3 +20.00%
Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion4 -75.00%
Iona University3 +150.00%
Iowa State University35 -2.63%
Ithaca College3 -25.00%
John Brown University6 -33.33%
Johns Hopkins University22 +50.00%
Juniata College13 +10.00%
Kalamazoo College12 -
Kansas State University29 -53.13%
Kennesaw State University26 -
Kenyon College28 -
Kettering University2 -63.64%
King University1 -
Knox College8 -35.71%
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania6 +87.50%
La Roche University4 -50.00%
La Salle University1 -66.67%
La Sierra University2 -71.43%
LaGrange College2 -100.00%
Lafayette College10 -
Lake Forest College6 +33.33%
Lake Superior State University3 -20.00%
Lakeland University1 -50.00%
Lamar University2 +50.00%
Lasell University2 -
Lawrence Technological University4 +133.33%
Lawrence University17 -
Le Moyne College3 -
Lebanon Valley College7 -27.27%
Lee University1 -50.00%
Lehigh University24 +37.50%
Lenoir-Rhyne University1 -
Lewis & Clark College18 -25.00%
Lewis University4 -83.33%
Liberty University11 +250.00%
Lincoln University2 +100.00%
Linfield University9 -53.85%
Lipscomb University19 +70.00%
Long Island University2 -
Loras College8 -70.00%
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College71 +25.00%
Loyola Marymount University17 +13.64%
Loyola University Chicago36 -7.50%
Loyola University Maryland22 -
Loyola University New Orleans5 -28.57%
Lubbock Christian University6 +33.33%
Lycoming College3 -
MCPHS University27 -34.38%
Madonna University1 -
Manhattan College4 -
Marietta College8 -28.57%
Marist College4 +33.33%
Marquette University19 +36.36%
Mars Hill University2 -
Mary Baldwin University1 -
Marymount University6 -22.22%
Maryville College2 -62.50%
Maryville University of Saint Louis3 -83.33%
McDaniel College2 -
McMurry University1 +100.00%
McPherson College8 -71.43%
Mercer University25 -34.29%
Mercyhurst University2 -
Merrimack College2 +28.57%
Messiah University11 -11.11%
Metropolitan State University9 +450.00%
Metropolitan State University of Denver15 -31.82%
Miami University-Oxford39 +9.68%
Michigan State University102 +5.06%
Michigan Technological University13 -36.36%
Middle Tennessee State University47 -18.37%
Middlebury College37 -5.71%
Millsaps College4 +12.50%
Minnesota State University Moorhead6 -27.27%
Minnesota State University-Mankato15 -8.33%
Misericordia University1 -50.00%
Mississippi College3 -100.00%
Mississippi State University106 +29.87%
Missouri Baptist University3 -
Missouri Western State University9 -72.73%
Monmouth College6 -25.00%
Montclair State University45 -8.51%
Moravian University11 +57.14%
Mount Holyoke College12 +60.00%
Mount Mercy University1 +100.00%
Mount Saint Mary's University6 -44.44%
Mount St. Joseph University1 -
Mount St. Mary's University11 -8.33%
Muhlenberg College8 -10.00%
Nazareth University3 -
Nebraska Wesleyan University11 +20.00%
New Jersey Institute of Technology15 +300.00%
New Mexico State University-Main Campus7 +466.67%
New York University44 -13.95%
Newman University4 +50.00%
Niagara University4 -
North Carolina State University at Raleigh59 -4.35%
North Central College3 -57.14%
North Dakota State University-Main Campus16 -36.36%
North Park University4 -45.45%
Northeastern University88 +46.43%
Northern Michigan University10 +8.33%
Northern State University3 -
Northwest Nazarene University2 +33.33%
Norwich University5 -100.00%
Oakland University13 +6.25%
Oakwood University6 +66.67%
Oberlin College11 +41.67%
Occidental College17 +17.65%
Ohio Northern University7 -
Ohio State University-Main Campus100 +120.45%
Ohio Wesleyan University2 +33.33%
Oklahoma Baptist University3 +83.33%
Oklahoma Christian University2 +100.00%
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus53 -25.68%
Old Dominion University20 -38.10%
Oral Roberts University2 -60.00%
Oregon State University86 +140.54%
Otterbein University23 +56.25%
Our Lady of the Lake University3 -
Pace University4 -42.86%
Pacific Union College4 -57.14%
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus100 +2.53%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks21 -24.00%
Pennsylvania Western University12 -
Peru State College5 +100.00%
Pitzer College4 -33.33%
Plymouth State University8 +133.33%
Point Loma Nazarene University15 -6.67%
Pomona College24 -10.53%
Portland State University14 -18.18%
Presbyterian College5 -44.44%
Princeton University52 +4.08%
Providence College6 +25.00%
Purdue University Fort Wayne7 -
Purdue University-Main Campus58 +8.89%
Queens University of Charlotte6 -
Quinnipiac University7 +33.33%
Ramapo College of New Jersey5 -37.50%
Reed College10 -
Regis University11 -
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute20 +62.50%
Rhode Island College4 -
Rice University18 -36.67%
Rider University5 +100.00%
Roanoke College14 +140.00%
Roberts Wesleyan University2 +166.67%
Rochester Institute of Technology12 +33.33%
Rockford University5 +150.00%
Rockhurst University35 +14.29%
Roger Williams University2 -50.00%
Rollins College7 -31.25%
Roosevelt University6 -25.00%
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology8 +33.33%
Rowan University37 -10.34%
Rutgers University-New Brunswick60 -17.46%
SUNY Brockport2 -50.00%
SUNY College at Geneseo13 -64.52%
SUNY College at Potsdam4 -16.67%
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry3 +75.00%
SUNY Old Westbury3 +200.00%
SUNY Oneonta3 -50.00%
SUNY at Fredonia2 +40.00%
SUNY at Purchase College2 +200.00%
Sacred Heart University7 +50.00%
Saginaw Valley State University14 -25.00%
Saint Anselm College4 +250.00%
Saint Cloud State University9 +50.00%
Saint Edward's University10 -60.00%
Saint Elizabeth University2 -
Saint Francis University1 -
Saint Johns University13 -72.22%
Saint Joseph's College of Maine2 -
Saint Joseph's University14 +15.38%
Saint Louis University12 -64.71%
Saint Mary's College of California10 -18.75%
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota4 +40.00%
Saint Michael's College6 +20.00%
Saint Norbert College2 -50.00%
Saint Peter's University7 -46.67%
Saint Vincent College4 -62.50%
Salem College3 -
Salem State University6 -62.50%
Salve Regina University3 -
Samford University6 +60.00%
San Francisco State University40 -18.00%
Santa Clara University20 -13.33%
Scripps College11 -55.56%
Seattle Pacific University10 -
Seattle University9 +66.67%
Seton Hall University19 -45.45%
Seton Hill University2 -66.67%
Shorter University3 -
Siena College5 +75.00%
Simmons University12 +100.00%
Simpson College3 -37.50%
Smith College20 +11.76%
Sonoma State University15 +52.94%
South Dakota State University7 +28.57%
Southeastern University3 -
Southern Adventist University7 -28.57%
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale2 -
Southern Methodist University6 +90.00%
Southern Nazarene University9 -33.33%
Southern Virginia University23 +40.00%
Southwestern Adventist University1 -
Southwestern College5 -
Southwestern University10 +85.71%
Spelman College11 +200.00%
Spring Arbor University3 -
Spring Hill College2 -50.00%
St Bonaventure University3 -
St Catherine University4 -
St Lawrence University6 -
St. John Fisher University4 -
St. Mary's College of Maryland12 -41.18%
St. Mary's University4 +42.86%
State University of New York at New Paltz6 -33.33%
State University of New York at Oswego5 +12.50%
Stephen F Austin State University4 +50.00%
Stetson University6 -58.82%
Stevens Institute of Technology10 +466.67%
Stevenson University20 -32.00%
Stockton University27 -46.67%
Stonehill College8 -58.33%
Stony Brook University106 +14.55%
Suffolk University13 +57.14%
Susquehanna University6 +114.29%
Swarthmore College11 +200.00%
Syracuse University13 -41.67%
Taylor University4 -
Temple University39 -26.42%
Texas A & M University-College Station76 +6.00%
Texas Christian University7 +25.00%
Texas State University33 -23.26%
Texas Tech University68 +26.83%
Texas Woman's University12 +58.33%
The Catholic University of America2 +50.00%
The College of Saint Rose1 +150.00%
The College of Saint Scholastica9 -76.47%
The College of Wooster22 +10.71%
The University of Montana8 -50.00%
The University of Tampa11 -
The University of Texas at Arlington18 -30.77%
The University of Texas at Austin303 +8.88%
The University of Texas at Dallas102 +56.25%
The University of Texas at El Paso45 -20.41%
The University of Texas at San Antonio31 +32.26%
The University of Texas at Tyler18 +122.22%
The University of the South7 +114.29%
Thiel College1 -
Thomas Jefferson University6 -
Thomas More University1 -
Towson University40 -
Trine University5 -33.33%
Trinity College9 +125.00%
Trinity University19 +50.00%
Trinity Washington University3 -
Truman State University26 -
Tufts University42 +10.34%
Tulane University of Louisiana7 -37.50%
Union College5 -18.18%
Union University12 +25.00%
University at Buffalo20 +200.00%
University of Akron Main Campus7 -52.38%
University of Arizona62 -22.50%
University of California-Davis160 +7.25%
University of California-Irvine30 +93.75%
University of California-Los Angeles187 +2.78%
University of California-Riverside163 +51.00%
University of California-San Diego137 -73.49%
University of California-Santa Barbara74 +5.71%
University of California-Santa Cruz57 -43.02%
University of Charleston2 -100.00%
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus17 -29.41%
University of Colorado Boulder72 -3.95%
University of Colorado Colorado Springs21 +66.67%
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus40 +2700.00%
University of Connecticut2 -
University of Dallas4 -71.43%
University of Dayton17 +14.29%
University of Delaware15 -20.83%
University of Denver55 -22.06%
University of Detroit Mercy6 -72.73%
University of Evansville6 -
University of Georgia53 -28.05%
University of Hartford7 -71.43%
University of Hawaii at Manoa21 -14.81%
University of Houston84 +17.33%
University of Idaho6 -5.26%
University of Illinois Chicago79 +13.79%
University of Illinois Springfield6 +14.29%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign37 -14.29%
University of Iowa37 -36.73%
University of Kansas67 +68.09%
University of Maine29 -22.22%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor3 -33.33%
University of Maryland Eastern Shore7 -60.00%
University of Maryland-Baltimore County59 +31.11%
University of Maryland-College Park43 +11.76%
University of Massachusetts-Amherst173 -2.47%
University of Massachusetts-Boston16 +27.78%
University of Miami69 +40.00%
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor284 +27.10%
University of Michigan-Dearborn14 -37.50%
University of Michigan-Flint15 +29.41%
University of Minnesota-Duluth51 -17.65%
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities80 -22.55%
University of Mississippi49 -
University of Missouri-Columbia42 +23.91%
University of Missouri-St Louis25 -16.00%
University of Mount Olive2 -
University of Mount Saint Vincent1 -100.00%
University of Mount Union3 +233.33%
University of Nebraska-Lincoln77 +36.36%
University of Nevada-Las Vegas29 +93.75%
University of Nevada-Reno36 -33.90%
University of New England3 -57.14%
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus25 +12.50%
University of New Mexico-Main Campus58 -28.24%
University of North Carolina at Greensboro32 +9.09%
University of North Florida1 -
University of North Texas41 -10.87%
University of Northern Iowa14 -53.33%
University of Northwestern-St Paul3 -
University of Notre Dame33 +23.08%
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus14 -10.71%
University of Oregon30 -15.38%
University of Pennsylvania57 +10.87%
University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg9 +233.33%
University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown8 -30.00%
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus49 +30.00%
University of Puget Sound10 +36.36%
University of Redlands2 -
University of Richmond21 -33.33%
University of Rio Grande1 -
University of Saint Joseph1 -
University of San Diego25 -13.33%
University of Scranton15 +29.41%
University of South Carolina-Columbia81 +26.32%
University of South Dakota1 -
University of Southern California31 +86.36%
University of Southern Indiana13 +28.57%
University of Southern Maine7 +16.67%
University of St Francis4 -100.00%
University of St Thomas15 +52.63%
University of St Thomas4 -33.33%
University of Toledo12 +166.67%
University of Tulsa16 -9.09%
University of Utah35 -
University of Vermont60 +75.76%
University of Washington-Bothell Campus16 -18.75%
University of Washington-Seattle Campus280 +3.57%
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire20 +14.29%
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse16 +60.00%
University of Wisconsin-Madison183 -1.05%
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee21 +42.86%
University of Wisconsin-Parkside2 -37.50%
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point25 -17.24%
University of Wisconsin-Stout8 +500.00%
University of Wyoming21 -
University of the Incarnate Word6 -28.57%
University of the Pacific23 +13.04%
Ursinus College21 -
Ursuline College1 -
Utah State University28 +94.12%
Utah Tech University1 +100.00%
Utica University3 +16.67%
Valparaiso University6 -25.00%
Vanderbilt University74 +54.55%
Vanguard University of Southern California2 +75.00%
Vassar College39 +52.94%
Villanova University24 -
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University97 -6.19%
Viterbo University1 -
Wabash College5 +200.00%
Wake Forest University47 +85.00%
Walla Walla University5 -42.86%
Walsh University2 -50.00%
Warren Wilson College4 -
Wartburg College10 +44.44%
Washburn University6 -25.00%
Washington & Jefferson College6 -33.33%
Washington College6 -
Washington State University26 -47.22%
Washington University in St Louis38 -11.76%
Washington and Lee University4 +55.56%
Wayland Baptist University4 -66.67%
Waynesburg University1 -
Weber State University9 -37.50%
Wellesley College20 -15.79%
Wells College1 -40.00%
Wesleyan University22 +13.64%
West Chester University of Pennsylvania8 +200.00%
West Virginia University35 +26.92%
Western Kentucky University13 +25.00%
Western Michigan University8 -16.67%
Western Washington University41 +26.09%
Westminster College12 -14.29%
Westminster College8 +40.00%
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)17 -7.69%
Whitman College17 -10.53%
Whittier College4 +200.00%
Wichita State University2 -
Widener University1 -
Wilkes University1 -
William Jewell College3 +33.33%
William Paterson University of New Jersey1 -
Wilson College1 -
Wisconsin Lutheran College3 +25.00%
Wittenberg University6 -14.29%
Worcester Polytechnic Institute30 +31.25%
Wright State University-Main Campus5 +150.00%
Xavier University1 -50.00%
Xavier University of Louisiana5 -
Yale University27 -
Yeshiva University11 +100.00%
Youngstown State University6 +75.00%