2024 Best Colleges for Biophysics

SUMMARY

A degree in Biophysics is a valuable choice and commonly a required first step for scholars intending to begin a career as a biological physicist, a scientific consultant physicist, or an environmental biophysicist. In fact, biophysics is a ​unique major being the 360th most popular major. Last academic year, there were 144 biophysics graduates. In-state tuition for biophysics at private universities is, on average, 3.1 times more costly than their public fellows.

With just 57 colleges offering biophysics you might have a smaller selection of institutions you can choose from. If you are looking to surround yourself with other biophysics undergrads, look at schools in Maryland which have the most students admitted to biophysics annually. More generally, the top region to study biophysics is in the Mid East region with George Washington University, Johns Hopkins University, and University of Pennsylvania best representing the region. Interestingly, our pick for the best conference to study biophysics is the Centennial Conference with Johns Hopkins University representing the conference. On that topic, our choice for the best school for biophysics is Duke University. You might also want to check out our list of the best colleges.

The overall 'best' school is not necessarily the 'best' school for you. There are tons more perspectives to think about when selecting institution. Things like campus amenities, transportation services, and food would definitely change one's decision on where to go to school. At authority.org, we weighed the pros and cons for you. If, as an example, you are intrigued by which biophysics university has the top campus, the winner is University of California-Los Angeles. If, for example, you are very interested in which university boasts the best campus, then we have a whole page dedicated to that. We have carefully pored through government databases, professor reviews, student reviews, and more in order to compare every major in the United States in an unbiased and informative way. Here you can find our comprehensive list for the colleges with the best student life&nbspand from that list, our choice for the college with the best student life for biophysics is University of Pennsylvania. Curious why? Keep reading to learn more about our top choices. Many of our conclusions just might shock you.

If cost is a major factor in your decision on where to go to school, you might be cautious about George Washington University. George Washington University&nbspappears to be our most expensive school for biophysics, at least for out of state enrollment. We do have an entire page for the most expensive&nbspschools that might put the cost at George Washington University&nbspinto perspective. You may also be interested to know that biophysics is the 61st most expensive degree in America, with an average associated cost of $46,200. On a broader scale, the most expensive state for biophysics nationally is District of Columbia demonstrated by a tuition of $54,453 at George Washington University. Even more broadly, the most costly region for biophysics is unfortunately unavailable due to missing data.

Our cheapest region for biophysics is the Rocky Mountains region which is represented by Brigham Young University-Provo with a cost of $5,790. On the bright side, the most affordable school for biophysics is Brigham Young University-Provo. Authority's comprehensive list of the most affordable colleges can be found here.

In-state attendees can anticipate paying in the neighborhood of $15,000 for a degree in biophysics. The price inflates intensely to an average of $42,400 for an out-of-state public-school undergraduate. Our pick for the college constituting the best value for biophysics: Duke University. On this page you can find our comprehensive list about the universities we believe to be the best value&nbspoverall. With that said, this discussion is predicated on the assumption that you are an out-of-state student. A discussion of value changes when in-state tuition costs are considered, but as we do not know what state(s) you might qualify for in-state tuition, we are approaching this discussion through out-of-state tuition costs.

Earnings for biophysics students range widely, but two-years after graduation students will regularly earn in the neighborhood of $46,900. While there is much variation in earnings; top positions can enjoy pay up to $83,600. Straight out of school, the lowest end jobs within the biophysics field make $25,900, which could be worse. The top earning graduates for biophysics graduated from Duke University&nbspand if you want to find the colleges with all of the highest earning graduates, Authority has that too.

The prevailing diversity of biophysics ranks very highly, ranking within the 100th percentile of all majors. The college with the highest composite diversity for biophysics is University of Pennsylvania&nbspand here you can find our comprehensive list for the universities which have the most diversity. The financial diversity of Biophysics only is in the 60th percentile compared to all other majors. Racial diversity is greater than financial diversity, in the 100th percentile. White students make up the largest share, 34%, of students majoring in biophysics. Additionally, 61% of scholars pursuing a biophysics major are men.

The median score of biophysics' professors is 3.3 stars, a score that is 18% lower than the average score across all majors; this is a subpar score. If you want to find the most popular biophysics professor in the nation, consider looking up David Schmidt from University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. It may be shocking, but the highest rated professors of biophysics from student rankings come from University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. As we incorporate data beyond simply rankings it becomes clear that the university possessing the overall best professors for biophysics is Johns Hopkins University. You will find an explanation of our ever evolving ranking methodology of the best overall professors here, as well as some of the finest professors nationwide.

Finally, the hardest university to get into for biophysics is Duke University. While we are unsure why you would be interested, we do have a comprehensive page for the hardest colleges to get into. That being said, we hope you understand that looking at the higher education world from examples only built on superlatives could be said to be the root of many of higher education's fundamental issues. We hope you look at some of our other pages on different universities and explore a couple of our helpful background articles on useful details to look for as your school search develops.