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September 30, 2010

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Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology

The National Research Council assessed programs according to 21 different criteria. Here are the NRC’s five major ratings summarizing those criteria. For a detailed explanation, see our FAQ.

S-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they are strong in the criteria that scholars say are most important.
Research: Derived from faculty publications, citation rates, grants, and awards.
Students: Derived from students’ completion rates, financial aid, and other criteria.
Diversity: Reflects gender balance, ethnic diversity, and the proportion of international students.
R-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they have similar features to programs viewed by faculty as top-notch.

Institution, program	S-Rank High	S-Rank Low	Research High	Research Low	Students High	Students Low	Diversity High	Diversity Low	R-Rank High	R-Rank Low
Baylor College of Medicine Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	2	21	5	49	84	143	13	36	16	29
Baylor College of Medicine Structural & Computational Biology & Molecular Biophysics	5	33	8	59	2	60	97	131	21	45
Boston U. Biochemistry, Biophysics, & Molecular Biology, School of Medicine	64	140	39	126	121	150	33	79	59	105
Boston U. Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry - Graduate School of Arts & Science	125	154	92	148	132	153	61	113	102	146
Bowling Green State U. Biological Sciences	138	155	149	157	3	42	33	80	113	149
Brandeis U. Biochemistry	16	55	5	38	82	146	24	72	13	35
Brandeis U. Biophysics and Structural Biology	21	71	11	47	92	147	83	131	9	29
California Institute of Technology Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics	1	15	1	19	2	42	112	143	10	20
Case Western Reserve U. Biochemistry	37	107	43	127	107	151	83	126	39	74
Case Western Reserve U. Molecular Biology and Microbiology	32	102	48	128	57	144	19	59	36	89
City U. of New York Graduate Center Biochemistry	92	142	124	153	55	130	2	2	91	144
Colorado State U. Biochemistry	56	127	39	117	43	116	42	95	74	127
Columbia U. Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics	5	34	3	31	92	145	131	153	10	19
Cornell U. Biochemistry, Molecular & Cell Biology	43	119	32	114	88	142	36	86	39	72
Cornell U. Weill Grad School of Medical Sci -Biochemistry & Structural Biology	38	112	22	91	42	129	39	82	35	83
Cornell U. Weill Grad School of Medical Sci - Molecular Bio	7	41	4	33	26	133	29	79	13	28
Drexel U. Molecular Pathobiology	53	133	46	126	1	64	13	42	74	135
Duke U. Biochemistry	15	65	14	77	16	88	119	148	19	36
George Washing- ton U. Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics	55	129	67	140	4	66	18	62	55	117
Georgetown U. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	72	136	83	144	41	128	14	40	96	139
Georgia State U. Biology-Molecular Genetics & Biochemistry	81	146	54	143	89	141	3	8	151	159
Harvard U. Biophysics	2	23	6	53	32	111	146	155	5	15
Harvard U. Molecular and Cellular Biology	2	17	6	50	6	52	69	117	2	10
Howard U. Biochemistry	143	156	158	159	44	140	1	1	121	159
Indiana U. at Blooming- ton Vision Science	98	154	91	150	89	156	23	74	106	151
Indiana U.-Purdue U. Indianapolis Biochemistry	103	146	72	134	105	150	22	73	73	141
Indiana U.-Purdue U. Indianapolis Medical Biophysics	138	159	86	148	154	158	17	87	142	159
Iowa State U. Biochemistry	54	120	57	132	29	92	98	138	63	102
Johns Hopkins U. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	38	113	50	138	5	75	22	75	65	120
Johns Hopkins U. Biological Chemistry	13	52	13	65	19	96	44	97	22	47
Johns Hopkins U. Molecular and Computational Biophysics	20	73	26	113	23	98	61	105	22	50
Kansas State U. Biochemistry	28	86	51	138	3	45	74	124	59	122
Kent State U. Main Campus Biomedical Sciences - Cell/Molecular Biology	23	102	29	126	29	127	3	7	93	158
Loma Linda U. Biochemistry	157	159	157	158	106	153	8	20	145	159
Louisiana State U. at Baton Rouge Biochemistry	58	127	88	146	1	29	59	103	72	138
Loyola U. Chicago Molecular Biology	49	126	38	128	11	101	14	43	83	132
Loyola U. Chicago Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry	65	142	55	137	1	89	22	70	117	155
Massachu- setts Institute of Technology Biology/Biochemistry and Biophysics	1	4	1	7	1	41	93	132	1	8
Michigan State U. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	36	100	38	120	14	88	83	122	54	96
Mississippi State U. Molecular Biology	149	158	153	158	45	138	130	152	99	145
Montana State U. at Bozeman Biochemistry	95	152	20	106	150	158	61	117	88	146
North Carolina State U. Biochemistry	100	149	97	150	81	149	58	107	105	143
North Dakota State U. Main Campus Cellular and Molecular Biology	87	149	79	148	2	56	145	156	97	152
Ohio State U. Main Campus Biochemistry Program (Ohio State)	38	107	57	135	46	116	12	34	37	87
Ohio State U. Main Campus Biophysics	63	132	48	129	145	154	12	35	66	122
Ohio U. Main Campus Biological Sciences	127	154	139	156	10	91	90	129	104	147
Oklahoma State U. Main Campus Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	112	151	126	153	28	132	3	7	116	153
Old Dominion U. Biomedical Sciences	150	159	113	152	159	159	14	41	116	157
Oregon Health and Science U. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology-Medicine	36	116	27	116	101	150	130	151	41	86
Oregon Health and Science U. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology-OGI	57	135	35	130	74	143	40	90	97	142
Oregon State U. Biochemistry and Biophysics	90	145	62	133	88	148	151	157	62	104
Pennsyl- vania State U. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	48	129	65	142	22	108	25	80	93	145
Pennsyl- vania State U. Biochemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Biology	16	54	19	92	24	100	53	100	16	44
Purdue U. Main Campus Biochemistry	98	143	122	150	80	148	38	83	69	121
Purdue U. Main Campus Biophysics, Biochemistry, and Structural Biology	35	94	49	119	85	143	23	65	39	72
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Biology	117	149	128	153	88	148	34	87	107	147
Rice U. Biochem & Cell Biology	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R
Rutgers U. at New Brunswick and U. of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey at Piscataway Biochemistry	36	100	27	101	63	125	9	23	27	75
Southern Illinois U. at Carbondale Molecular Biology, Microbiology & Biochemistry	81	142	119	153	3	56	26	78	100	155
Southern Methodist U. Biological Sciences	114	154	70	139	101	153	49	107	107	150
Stanford U. Biochemistry	5	29	5	37	80	149	100	137	6	13
Stanford U. Biophysics	1	12	1	17	17	108	136	152	2	8
Stanford U. Molecular and Cellular Physiology	2	29	1	23	2	153	18	61	15	38
State U. of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn Molecular & Cellular Biology	134	154	149	157	9	72	31	76	84	149
State U. of New York Upstate Medical U. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	90	148	72	145	63	136	80	125	87	137
Temple U. Biochemistry	91	144	89	145	20	105	3	7	139	156
Texas A&M U. Biochemistry	49	118	65	137	11	79	29	77	50	94
Texas A&M U. Biology	102	149	91	149	88	146	34	75	107	148
Thomas Jefferson U. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	62	135	52	134	34	119	54	108	78	131
Tufts U. Biochemistry	32	100	23	101	11	100	63	119	58	98
U. at Buffalo (SUNY) Biochemistry	67	132	83	146	23	90	30	80	86	127
U. of Alabama at Birmingham Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics	72	139	76	147	74	142	37	83	55	109
U. of Alaska at Fairbanks Biochemistry/Molecular Biology	107	150	124	155	16	114	64	117	116	153
U. of Arizona Biochemistry	39	109	41	121	65	144	20	58	81	128
U. of Arizona Molecular & Cellular Biology	48	124	57	135	11	108	47	96	69	114
U. of California at Berkeley Biophysics	3	22	2	26	22	103	135	153	5	14
U. of California at Berkeley Comparative Biochemistry	6	33	4	38	4	86	89	136	13	28
U. of California at Berkeley Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	2	15	3	29	16	80	111	143	1	6
U. of California at Davis Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	33	106	29	113	89	141	38	89	33	73
U. of California at Davis Biophysics	28	100	16	79	2	126	106	139	44	91
U. of California at Davis Soils & Biogeochemistry (Soil Science)	71	144	51	135	55	142	48	108	114	151
U. of California at Irvine Molecular Biology and Biochemistry	11	51	15	87	19	92	36	87	22	53
U. of California at Irvine Physiology and Biophysics	35	116	13	71	147	157	63	112	47	95
U. of California at Irvine Biological Chemistry	22	74	27	97	2	74	19	60	45	89
U. of California at Los Angeles Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	6	34	2	23	103	146	60	110	6	16
U. of California at Los Angeles Biochemistry, Biophysics & Structural Biology [ACCESS* Program Specialization]	10	41	3	33	109	150	107	139	9	18
U. of California at Los Angeles Biomedical Physics	22	80	17	90	69	130	117	143	30	59
U. of California at Riverside Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	88	144	80	145	39	121	21	55	91	135
U. of California at San Francisco Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	4	25	1	18	89	144	84	131	1	5
U. of California at San Francisco Biophysics	4	28	4	36	37	116	157	158	2	10
U. of California at Santa Barbara Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	24	84	17	83	19	117	145	156	25	52
U. of Chicago Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	44	111	65	133	11	99	133	152	24	54
U. of Cincinnati Main Campus Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry & Microbiology	65	134	40	112	64	127	130	151	34	71
U. of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics	21	80	27	114	1	38	33	80	52	102
U. of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Molecular Biology	44	120	50	136	2	47	17	54	72	125
U. of Connec- ticut Biochemistry Biophysics Ph.D.	71	139	92	148	4	90	79	121	91	136
U. of Connec- ticut Biomed Sci: Molecular Bio and Biochemistry	35	112	23	105	16	84	64	118	72	123
U. of Connec- ticut Pharmaceutical Science Ph.D. Medicinal Natural Prod Chem	46	128	46	136	98	150	8	21	105	153
U. of Florida Medical Sciences: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	24	92	24	99	2	102	59	107	61	109
U. of Georgia Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	86	147	42	119	135	154	71	116	60	113
U. of Houston main campus Biochemistry	52	131	39	129	22	121	32	77	109	149
U. of Illinois at Chicago Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics	49	112	70	133	20	97	9	25	27	89
U. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Biochemistry	55	118	56	125	29	99	104	135	31	71
U. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Biophysics and Computational Biology	11	44	11	78	27	99	87	125	17	36
U. of Iowa Biochemistry	49	131	37	127	49	123	90	135	64	109
U. of Kansas Biochemistry and Biophysics	92	144	100	149	20	104	70	125	90	138
U. of Kansas Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	81	152	33	124	65	144	159	159	53	119
U. of Kentucky Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry	30	102	34	118	2	53	99	139	65	109
U. of Louisville Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	48	128	55	137	1	51	52	104	80	137
U. of Maryland at College Park Biochemistry	52	119	51	132	62	129	16	52	65	114
U. of Maryland- Baltimore County Molecular and Cell Biology	134	155	120	154	124	153	29	74	102	146
U. of Massachu- setts at Worcester Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology	50	129	35	121	78	149	103	146	66	105
U. of Miami Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	82	139	107	149	28	103	8	21	80	128
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Biological Chemistry	32	92	26	98	58	122	134	154	22	46
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Biophysics	36	106	44	122	8	98	109	138	48	85
U. of Minnesota- Twin Cities Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics	67	129	55	127	59	128	71	118	37	82
U. of Minnesota- Twin Cities Biophysical Sciences and Medical Physics	151	158	148	156	63	146	117	146	70	141
U. of Missouri at Columbia Biochemistry	44	119	31	109	7	70	80	121	50	102
U. of Missouri at Saint Louis Biology	58	126	68	139	35	110	45	92	26	128
U. of Nebraska at Lincoln Biochemistry	63	133	52	135	107	150	16	54	102	147
U. of Nevada at Reno Biochemistry	92	149	97	151	8	102	16	50	136	157
U. of New Hampshire Biochemistry	112	155	44	135	154	158	113	146	116	153
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Biochemistry & Biophysics	32	88	35	107	13	67	120	148	19	43
U. of North Dakota Main Campus Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	84	144	95	146	4	83	57	113	97	145
U. of North Texas Molecular Biology	145	159	146	157	4	154	23	65	150	159
U. of North Texas Health Science Center Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	75	141	85	150	2	48	3	8	147	158
U. of Pennsyl- vania Biomed Grad Studies-Biochem & Molecular Biophysics	15	63	17	80	8	97	113	146	17	34
U. of Pittsburgh Main Campus Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics	20	77	22	104	2	77	61	117	31	70
U. of Rochester Biochemistry	29	94	28	103	13	83	104	139	39	82
U. of Rochester Biophysics	35	112	32	118	45	137	131	151	35	84
U. of Southern California Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	23	75	13	75	92	143	11	34	28	71
U. of Southern California Molecular Biology	49	118	33	110	79	135	23	64	43	90
U. of Tennessee Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology	99	146	102	151	35	123	122	150	96	136
U. of Tennessee Comparative and Experimental Medicine	76	133	103	150	5	51	50	111	93	145
U. of Texas at Austin Biochemistry	42	117	26	106	9	76	50	100	73	120
U. of Texas at Dallas Molecular and Cell Biology	135	158	73	146	154	158	20	69	122	156
U. of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and U. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	33	105	28	114	36	116	7	14	65	126
U. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Biological Chemistry	24	83	15	75	59	137	120	146	31	58
U. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Cell Regulation	8	44	2	41	56	128	86	126	14	27
U. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Molecular Biophysics	16	61	14	69	33	108	76	114	23	49
U. of Toledo Biological Science	72	140	66	142	16	78	8	23	118	154
U. of Toledo Molecular & Cellular Biology	95	148	99	151	17	88	79	120	88	129
U. of Utah Biochemistry	79	142	55	133	48	141	96	130	51	96
U. of Vermont Biochemistry	59	134	12	66	122	154	156	158	33	72
U. of Virginia Biophysics	12	55	14	83	20	88	35	79	46	102
U. of Virginia Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics	16	58	21	88	4	74	57	110	23	56
U. of Washing- ton Biochemistry	21	69	15	74	24	82	153	156	24	44
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Biochemistry	10	42	8	50	90	143	116	149	7	18
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Biomolecular Chemistry	39	112	31	124	72	139	64	113	44	79
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Biophysics	11	50	5	54	39	126	137	154	21	49
Uniformed Services U. of the Health Sciences Molecular and Cell Biology	83	145	43	129	75	135	83	128	99	143
Vanderbilt U. Biochemistry	12	49	8	67	32	105	72	131	29	74
Virginia Common- wealth U. Biochemistry	36	109	28	107	63	133	20	67	63	112
Virginia Tech Biochemistry	50	120	66	142	11	97	12	48	77	140
Wake Forest U. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	38	115	25	110	5	90	36	87	91	135
Washing- ton State U. School of Molecular Biosciences	49	119	49	124	104	146	40	91	40	86
Washing- ton U. in St. Louis Biochemistry	14	56	17	91	6	79	121	151	27	55
Washing- ton U. in St. Louis Molecular Biophysics	17	68	24	96	13	101	103	144	41	77
Wayne State U. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	82	143	87	148	10	84	8	19	110	148
Yale U. Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry	4	24	6	43	53	118	93	135	3	10
Methodology: This interactive tool is based on rankings developed by the NRC. For a complete explanation of the methods the research council used, go to its site; registration may be required.