2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Biochemistry

BIOCHEMISTRY DEGREES

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

In general, biochemistry is a shade more highly demanded than the average major among undergrads. Each field grants roughly 6,156 yearly undergraduate degrees; 9,135 students last May were awarded undergrad degrees in biochemistry, making it the country's 53rd most popular concentration for undergrad students. 442 of those degrees were awarded by one college, the University of California-San Diego. 1,463 of those degrees were earned at schools in California.

558 colleges coast-to-coast grant an undergrad degree in biochemistry; accordingly, picking the best fit for you might not be easy. At the college level, biochemistry is 2.9 times more universally available than the average subject, making it the 35th most broadly offered American degree.

GRADUATE DEGREES

While 92% of degrees in biochemistry last May were bachelor's degrees; 8% were graduate degrees. Biochemistry is the 138th most popular grad degree in the country, with 805 degrees granted. For context, the average subject is 3.4 times more popular among postgraduate students than biochemistry.

In Total, 9,940 students received a bachelor's or higher in biochemistry last spring.

ONLINE BIOCHEMISTRY DEGREES

2 of those 9,940 graduates (0%) went through completely remote programs - 1 undergrad student and 1 postgrad student. As you've likely gathered by now, it is quite unique to find an American undergraduate student majoring in biochemistry online. It's at the moment the 265th most in-demand online subject with 99.8% less online students than the average subject. For master's & doctor's students, it ranks 303rd, and is 99.8% under the national average (616).

Mary Baldwin University​ conferred the only four-year degree in biochemistry last spring.

Bachelor's degrees in biochemistry are available completely online at 3 schools across the country, making it the 35th most widely offered remote US major. Less than 1% of the colleges giving out the degree even have a totally online option, and more or less 67% of the colleges conferring the degree online are private.

If you would like to study biochemistry online, we suggest you look at Alabama A & M University, as it has the nullth best biochemistry program in America. They do however, only teach 4 remote subjects. Further, they have 83 online undergrad students, which is 2% of their student body.

PARTIALLY ONLINE BIOCHEMISTRY DEGREES

• Last spring, 1,791 people were awarded a four-year degree in biochemistry partially online
• 478 schools in the United States grant bachelor's degrees in biochemistry partially online
• 19.61% of all undergraduate degree in biochemistry are done partially online
• Ohio Valley University's​ last undergraduate class had the most dense population of partially online biochemistry majors in the US (3.38%)
• Colleges from Texas awarded the most partially online bachelor's degrees in biochemistry last May (256)
• 9.94% of all grad degrees in biochemistry are completed partially online

IN-PERSON BIOCHEMISTRY DEGREES

• Last spring, 7,318 people received a college degree in biochemistry in-person
• Biochemistry is the 30th most commonly available exclusively in-person four-year degree around the nation
• Last year, 8,041 students completed a bachelor's or higher in biochemistry completely in-person
• The University of California-San Diego​ conferred 436 fully in-person undergraduate degrees in biochemistry, more than any other U.S. institution
• Tennessee houses the most institutions offering undergraduate degrees in biochemistry comprehensively in-person (3 schools)
• The average in-person field awards 6,102 annual bachelor's degrees or higher