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Ranking of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology Graduate Schools

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Your Ranking of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology PhD Programs

Programs 1–30

Rank	Program	Regres Quality	Survey Quality	Student Outcomes	Jobs at Grad	Diversity	Minority Students	Minority Faculty
1-5	Howard University Biochemistry	130-157	132-152	15-124	50%	1-1	100%	55%
1-7	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Biology/Biochemistry and Biophysics	1-8	1-6	8-85	79%	89-129	8%	0%
1-14	Stanford University Biophysics	2-10	1-14	23-124	74%	133-150	12%	0%
2-15	Harvard University Molecular and Cellular Biology	2-11	2-21	7-70	71%	72-116	10%	0%
2-14	Yale University Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry	4-12	3-22	25-108	83%	91-132	8%	3%
3-17	University of California-San Francisco Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	1-8	4-27	96-145	79%	83-128	10%	3%
2-18	California Institute of Technology Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics	8-15	1-17	10-85	77%	112-142	6%	3%
1-34	Stanford University Molecular and Cellular Physiology	13-27	1-24	6-155	74%	20-58	26%	0%
3-18	University of California-Berkeley Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	1-4	2-15	20-102	53%	109-140	6%	3%
3-20	Johns Hopkins University Molecular and Computational Biophysics	25-52	17-75	14-96	75%	59-104	6%	29%
4-21	Harvard University Biophysics	3-15	2-19	34-120	71%	144-153	10%	0%
4-22	Baylor College of Medicine Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	15-25	3-27	97-148	75%	12-38	29%	0%
4-24	Baylor College of Medicine Structural and Computational Biology and Molecular Biophysics	24-52	5-35	6-87	75%	97-129	10%	15%
4-22	University of California-San Francisco Biophysics	3-13	3-28	42-126	79%	155-156	3%	4%
6-27	Stanford University Biochemistry	6-14	5-29	89-149	74%	101-136	16%	0%
Rank	Program	Regres Quality	Survey Quality	Student Outcomes	Jobs at Grad	Diversity	Minority Students	Minority Faculty
6-27	University of California-Irvine Molecular Biology and Biochemistry	24-61	9-44	14-96	83%	38-87	15%	6%
7-27	Columbia University in the City of New York Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics	2-12	2-21	94-146	75%	130-152	0%	0%
10-37	University of Wisconsin-Madison Biochemistry	6-16	7-40	68-137	79%	114-148	0%	3%
11-39	University of California-Berkeley Biophysics	2-12	2-21	34-119	53%	133-150	2%	3%
10-38	University of Virginia-Main Campus Biophysics	37-85	12-59	13-90	83%	36-77	20%	4%
11-46	Cornell University Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences - Molecular Biology	17-37	7-45	13-119	72%	31-78	9%	0%
13-46	University of California-Los Angeles Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	10-19	7-44	102-147	68%	60-109	16%	0%
12-48	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Cell Regulation	16-29	7-43	38-123	67%	82-122	7%	8%
14-52	University of Virginia-Main Campus Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics	28-57	17-63	4-72	83%	57-111	12%	0%
16-50	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Biophysics and Computational Biology	16-28	13-52	34-116	71%	86-122	12%	3%
17-55	CUNY Graduate School and University Center Biochemistry	86-142	91-140	38-128	56%	2-2	55%	18%
18-55	Johns Hopkins University Biological Chemistry	23-42	12-47	11-96	75%	44-95	2%	0%
17-60	Vanderbilt University Biochemistry	32-84	12-54	31-114	81%	71-127	11%	0%
17-67	University of California-Irvine Physiology and Biophysics	43-76	16-68	28-123	83%	64-109	12%	0%
18-60	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Molecular Biophysics	28-52	14-59	21-106	67%	75-115	12%	4%

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Item Descriptions

Rank: A range indicating how this program ranked in 500 simulated rankings based on your priorities. Programs are sorted by their median rank. Learn more.
NRC regression-based quality measure (Regres Quality): The NRC's measurements of overall program quality are based on 20 key variables (19 in the humanities) such as GRE scores, student support and faculty publications. To calculate the regression-based quality measure, the relative importance, or weight, of a variable was set by the extent that it correlated with programs viewed most favorably by evaluators in each field. Learn more. Your weight = 3. Larger values are better. (Source: NRC, 2010)
NRC survey-based quality measure (Survey Quality): The NRC's measurements of overall program quality are based on 20 key variables (19 in the humanities) such as GRE scores, student support and faculty publications. To calculate the survey-based quality measure, evaluators in each field identified the variables that they considered to be the most important indicators of program quality. Learn more. Your weight = 5. Larger values are better. (Source: NRC, 2010)
Student support and outcomes (Student Outcomes): This variable is a composite of other measures of student support and outcomes, including 6-year or 8-year graduation rates (for non-humanities programs and humanities programs, respectively), time to degree, job placement within academia, percentage of first-year students with full financial support, and whether a program collects data about the employment outcomes of its graduates. The relative importance of these variables was determined by the direct assessments of some 50 faculty in each field. Your weight = 2. Larger values are better. (Source: NRC, 2010)
Placement Rate (Jobs at Grad): This variable shows the percentage of students with definite plans at graduation (either a job or a postdoctoral position), based on data from the student questionnaire. Your weight = 2. Larger values are better. (Source: SED, 2000–2004)
Diversity in the academic environment (Diversity): This variable shows a composite measure of diversity generated by the National Research Council. It includes data on percent of faculty and students from underrepresented minorities, percent of female faculty and students, and percent of international faculty and students. The relative importance of these variables was determined by the direct assessments of some 50 faculty in each field. Your weight = 1. Larger values are better. (Source: NRC, 2010)
Percentage of minority students (Minority Students): This measure shows the percentage of non-Asian minority doctoral students based on data from the program questionnaire. Programs reported the race or ethnicity of graduate students enrolled in fall 2005. This variable is calculated as the number of students listed as non-Hispanic Blacks, Hispanics, or American Indians or Alaska Natives, divided by the total number of students whose whose race or ethnicity was specified. Students whose race or ethnicity was unspecified were excluded from the calculation. Your weight = 2. Larger values are better. (Source: NRC, 2010)
Percentage of minority faculty (Minority Faculty): This variable reports the percentage of faculty members who are non-Asian minorities based on data from a 2006 program questionnaire. The value was calculated as the number of faculty listed as non-Hispanic Blacks, Hispanics, or American Indians or Alaska Natives, divided by the total number of faculty with specified race or ethnicity. Faculty members with unspecified race or ethnicity were excluded from the calculation. The calculation did not consider faculty allocations. Your weight = 2. Larger values are better. (Source: NRC, 2010)

Data Sources

Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System: IPEDS is an annual, comprehensive set of surveys of all colleges and universities in the United States. The surveys are conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics. Learn more
National Research Council: The National Research Council conducts periodic assessments of doctoral programs in the United States. Our data comes from the most recent assessment in 2010. Learn more
Survey of Earned Doctorates: The NSF/NIH/NEH/USED/USDA/NASA Survey of Earned Doctorates is an annual survey of all new recipients of doctorates from US universities at graduation. The average of the response rates for the 2000–2004 surveys was 92%. Learn more
Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering: The Survey is an annual assessment of the number and characteristics of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in science, engineering, and health-related fields It is conducted by the National Science Foundation. Learn more

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