2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Physiology

PHYSIOLOGY DEGREES

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

Physiology is an exceedingly unpopular subject. On average, each subject awards roughly 6,000 annual undergraduate degrees; last year, 1,654 students earned a college degree in physiology, making it the United States of America's 163rd most popular major for college students. The University of Colorado Boulder​ accounted for 343 of those degrees (#1 in the US), and institutions in Colorado awarded more degrees than any US State (343).

Bachelor's degrees in physiology are offered at 21 institutions around the nation; ipso facto, it could potentially not be easy to find the right program. At the college level, the typical subject is 9.1 times more widely offered than physiology., making it the 377th most commonly available course of study.

GRADUATE DEGREES

While 63% of last year's degrees in physiology were undergraduate degrees; 37% were graduate degrees. Physiology is the 124th most popular postgrad degree in the United States, with 989 degrees conferred. For some context, the average subject is 2.8 times more popular among postgrads than physiology.

In Total, 2,643 students received a bachelor's or higher in physiology last spring.

ONLINE PHYSIOLOGY DEGREES

9 of those 2,643 graduates (0.3%) were granted their degrees completely remotely - 0 undergraduates and 9 master's or doctor's students. It is the 245th most popular online grad degree, and 98.5% under the national average (616).

PARTIALLY ONLINE PHYSIOLOGY DEGREES

• Last May, 311 people earned a four-year degree in physiology partially online
• 21 institutions around the country grant bachelor's degrees in physiology partially online
• 18.8% of all college degree in physiology are done partially online
• The University of Arizona​ granted 116 partially online bachelor's degrees in physiology, more than any other college in the United States of America
• Physiology is the 145th most popular partially online graduate degree in the USA
• The typical subject hands out 320 postgrad degrees per year partially online

IN-PERSON PHYSIOLOGY DEGREES

• Physiology is the 154th most common totally in-person four-year degree in the US
• Physiology is the 368th most commonly available in-person undergraduate degree nationally
• 81.2% of all four-year degree in physiology are done fully in-person
• The University of Colorado Boulder's​ last undergraduate class contained a higher percentage of fully in-person physiology majors than any other US institution (4.65%)
• Physiology is the 108th most popular totally in-person master's or doctor's degree in the US
• 91.2% of all postgraduate degrees in physiology are earned in-person