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Biochemistry & Biophysics and Molecular Biology Degree

136 schools compared · Average earnings $37,918/yr

Schools Offering

136

Avg Grad Earnings

$37,918/yr

Avg DegreeWorth Score

39/100

AI Automation Risk

High

50% task exposure

Best Schools for Biochemistry & Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Top 136 schools ranked by DegreeWorth Score. Click any row for full AI scenario analysis and earnings projections.

#	School	DW Score	Earnings	AI Risk	ROI
1	California State University-San Marcos San Marcos, CA	69 64–69	$57,682/yr	High	17.6x
2	California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	68 62–69	$50,428/yr	High	23.3x
3	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	66 61–67	$57,538/yr	High	15.4x
4	California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA	64 59–64	$46,689/yr	High	14.4x
5	California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA	64 59–64	$45,453/yr	High	15.0x
6	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	63 56–67	$44,101/yr	High	23.1x
7	University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Stevens Point, WI	62 57–62	$46,155/yr	High	14.9x
8	CUNY City College New York, NY	62 58–62	$44,175/yr	High	14.0x
9	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	61 54–64	$43,936/yr	High	16.7x
10	California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA	61 53–64	$38,869/yr	High	26.0x
11	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	60 52–65	$49,100/yr	High	14.2x
12	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	60 56–59	$48,721/yr	High	10.8x
13	Iowa State University Ames, IA	60 53–63	$43,520/yr	High	15.7x
14	California State University-Chico Chico, CA	60 56–59	$42,886/yr	High	12.3x
15	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	60 52–64	$41,625/yr	High	18.2x
16	University of Missouri-St Louis Saint Louis, MO	59 54–60	$49,509/yr	High	11.3x
17	Metropolitan State University of Denver Denver, CO	59 54–57	$45,799/yr	High	9.6x
18	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	59 53–61	$45,526/yr	High	13.1x
19	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	59 52–63	$44,074/yr	High	14.9x
20	Western Washington University Bellingham, WA	59 53–59	$42,025/yr	High	13.9x
21	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	59 51–62	$36,841/yr	High	23.6x
22	Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg, ID	59 53–59	$35,779/yr	High	18.2x
23	University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MA	58 52–59	$50,352/yr	High	10.2x
24	Texas State University San Marcos, TX	58 53–59	$44,824/yr	High	12.1x
25	Utah State University Logan, UT	58 53–57	$42,236/yr	High	10.4x
26	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	57 52–58	$50,474/yr	High	9.5x
27	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	57 53–56	$48,348/yr	High	7.9x
28	Washington State University Pullman, WA	57 52–58	$46,514/yr	High	10.7x
29	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	57 51–60	$43,333/yr	High	12.8x
30	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	57 49–60	$41,487/yr	High	14.0x
31	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	56 49–60	$45,066/yr	High	11.6x
32	Towson University Towson, MD	56 45–62	$36,842/yr	High	18.9x
33	Rutgers University-Camden Camden, NJ	55 48–59	$46,122/yr	High	10.3x
34	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	55 48–58	$46,122/yr	High	10.2x
35	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	55 46–62	$42,266/yr	High	13.4x
36	Central Connecticut State University New Britain, CT	55 49–59	$41,790/yr	High	12.4x
37	Binghamton University Vestal, NY	55 51–54	$41,305/yr	High	9.0x
38	University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC	55 50–54	$36,783/yr	High	11.1x
39	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	55 46–58	$31,225/yr	High	24.6x
40	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	55 47–58	$31,074/yr	High	29.2x
41	University of Delaware Newark, DE	54 50–54	$47,912/yr	High	6.4x
42	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH	54 47–57	$47,236/yr	High	9.1x
43	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	54 46–58	$44,324/yr	High	10.2x
44	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	54 45–59	$38,985/yr	High	13.4x
45	University of Washington-Bothell Campus Bothell, WA	54 45–59	$38,985/yr	High	13.5x
46	University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV	54 45–58	$33,983/yr	High	17.7x
47	Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA	54 49–54	$33,408/yr	High	13.1x
48	Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, GA	54 46–57	$29,938/yr	High	23.9x
49	University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	53 45–58	$40,320/yr	High	12.0x
50	SUNY College at Geneseo Geneseo, NY	53 49–52	$37,206/yr	High	9.4x
51	Portland State University Portland, OR	52 48–52	$40,230/yr	High	7.9x
52	University of Houston Houston, TX	52 44–56	$34,648/yr	High	14.5x
53	Northeastern University Boston, MA	51 45–54	$63,781/yr	High	2.9x
54	MCPHS University Boston, MA	51 45–52	$51,942/yr	High	3.6x
55	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	51 45–53	$45,994/yr	High	6.4x
56	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	51 47–51	$42,200/yr	High	6.4x
57	University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO	51 46–54	$40,492/yr	High	9.6x
58	Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO	51 45–55	$38,484/yr	High	11.2x
59	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	51 42–57	$36,427/yr	High	12.8x
60	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	51 40–57	$33,846/yr	High	14.8x
61	University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE	51 42–56	$33,520/yr	High	15.1x
62	Montclair State University Montclair, NJ	50 45–50	$41,068/yr	High	6.0x
63	Rowan University Glassboro, NJ	50 42–54	$38,799/yr	High	10.2x
64	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	50 40–56	$35,210/yr	High	13.0x
65	University of North Texas Denton, TX	50 42–55	$34,657/yr	High	13.3x
66	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	50 37–57	$29,991/yr	High	19.0x
67	Stockton University Galloway, NJ	49 45–50	$40,855/yr	High	5.6x
68	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	49 42–54	$38,243/yr	High	10.1x
69	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	49 41–55	$35,607/yr	High	11.7x
70	University of Idaho Moscow, ID	49 45–48	$34,251/yr	High	8.7x
71	University of Georgia Athens, GA	49 41–54	$34,212/yr	High	12.6x
72	Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN	49 37–55	$28,642/yr	High	18.1x
73	Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ	48 42–50	$43,333/yr	High	—
74	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	48 41–53	$37,830/yr	High	9.5x
75	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	48 38–54	$32,027/yr	High	13.4x
76	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	48 37–55	$29,649/yr	High	16.5x
77	University of San Diego San Diego, CA	47 40–50	$48,728/yr	High	2.8x
78	Stevenson University Owings Mills, MD	47 42–47	$46,637/yr	High	1.9x
79	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	47 40–51	$35,927/yr	High	9.5x
80	Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS	47 39–52	$30,565/yr	High	13.5x
81	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK	47 37–53	$29,720/yr	High	13.8x
82	University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM	47 35–54	$23,648/yr	High	19.1x
83	University of Vermont Burlington, VT	46 39–50	$36,680/yr	High	8.2x
84	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	46 39–52	$34,308/yr	High	10.5x
85	University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MD	46 36–55	$30,275/yr	High	13.9x
86	Saint Joseph's University Philadelphia, PA	45 39–48	$44,442/yr	High	2.5x
87	Oregon State University-Cascades Campus Bend, OR	45 40–45	$34,566/yr	High	5.9x
88	University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg Greensburg, PA	45 38–50	$33,554/yr	High	9.6x
89	University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown Johnstown, PA	45 38–50	$33,554/yr	High	9.6x
90	University at Albany Albany, NY	45 41–45	$33,266/yr	High	7.0x
91	Brandeis University Waltham, MA	44 39–46	$47,410/yr	High	0.8x
92	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	44 40–45	$34,566/yr	High	5.4x
93	University of Michigan-Flint Flint, MI	44 37–50	$32,221/yr	High	10.2x
94	University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth, MN	44 35–52	$31,150/yr	High	11.5x
95	Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY	43 38–45	$45,599/yr	High	0.7x
96	University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI	43 39–44	$32,599/yr	High	5.7x
97	University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA	43 34–51	$30,077/yr	High	11.1x
98	State University of New York at Oswego Oswego, NY	43 39–43	$29,135/yr	High	7.3x
99	California State University-Fresno Fresno, CA	43 39–43	$26,380/yr	High	8.4x
100	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA	43 32–52	$25,623/yr	High	14.2x
101	Middlebury College Middlebury, VT	42 37–44	$44,142/yr	High	0.7x
102	Colgate University Hamilton, NY	42 37–44	$44,089/yr	High	0.6x
103	Brown University Providence, RI	42 36–43	$43,637/yr	High	0.6x
104	Boston University Boston, MA	42 36–45	$42,850/yr	High	1.9x
105	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	42 36–45	$42,474/yr	High	1.8x
106	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	42 35–45	$33,554/yr	High	6.2x
107	The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX	42 34–47	$30,207/yr	High	9.2x
108	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	42 34–48	$28,338/yr	High	10.6x
109	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	41 36–42	$41,848/yr	High	0.8x
110	Kansas State University Manhattan, KS	41 37–42	$29,651/yr	High	5.8x
111	The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX	41 30–51	$19,546/yr	High	14.2x
112	Ursinus College Collegeville, PA	40 35–41	$40,294/yr	High	0.7x
113	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	40 33–43	$38,598/yr	High	2.0x
114	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	40 34–43	$38,487/yr	High	2.2x
115	Cornell College Mount Vernon, IA	39 35–41	$39,164/yr	High	0.9x
116	Augustana College Rock Island, IL	39 34–40	$38,436/yr	High	0.9x
117	Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI	39 34–40	$30,141/yr	High	4.2x
118	Clemson University Clemson, SC	39 32–43	$28,120/yr	High	7.7x
119	New York University New York, NY	38 31–42	$36,440/yr	High	2.2x
120	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	38 30–46	$26,151/yr	High	8.5x
121	University of Mississippi University, MS	38 34–39	$24,972/yr	High	5.6x
122	Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA	37 32–38	$25,819/yr	High	4.3x
123	Dickinson College Carlisle, PA	36 30–37	$35,305/yr	High	0.4x
124	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	36 29–42	$34,468/yr	High	2.3x
125	University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA	35 30–37	$34,796/yr	High	0.4x
126	University of St Thomas Saint Paul, MN	35 30–37	$34,299/yr	High	0.6x
127	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	35 30–36	$23,763/yr	High	3.7x
128	Lewis & Clark College Portland, OR	34 28–35	$33,002/yr	High	0.3x
129	University of Denver Denver, CO	33 28–35	$32,613/yr	High	0.4x
130	Baylor University Waco, TX	33 27–38	$30,496/yr	High	2.1x
131	Hendrix College Conway, AR	31 27–33	$28,322/yr	High	0.9x
132	Point Loma Nazarene University San Diego, CA	30 25–32	$27,604/yr	High	0.6x
133	Lipscomb University Nashville, TN	28 23–30	$23,075/yr	High	0.5x
134	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	28 22–30	$22,693/yr	High	-0.1x
135	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	28 22–33	$22,390/yr	High	1.5x
136	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	27 22–29	$21,666/yr	High	-0.1x

Highest Earning Biochemistry & Biophysics and Molecular Biology Programs

Schools where Biochemistry & Biophysics and Molecular Biology graduates earn the most in their first year after graduation.

School	1-Year Earnings	DW Score	AI Risk
Northeastern University	$63,781/yr	51	High
California State University-San Marcos	$57,682/yr	69	High
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	$57,538/yr	66	High
MCPHS University	$51,942/yr	51	High
University of Colorado Boulder	$50,474/yr	57	High
California State University-Los Angeles	$50,428/yr	68	High
University of Massachusetts-Boston	$50,352/yr	58	High
University of Missouri-St Louis	$49,509/yr	59	High
University of California-Santa Barbara	$49,100/yr	60	High
University of San Diego	$48,728/yr	47	High

Best ROI for Biochemistry & Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Schools with the highest earnings-to-tuition ratio for Biochemistry & Biophysics and Molecular Biology.

School	ROI Multiple	Earnings	DW Score
Florida State University	29.2x	$31,074/yr	55
California State University-Fullerton	26.0x	$38,869/yr	61
Brigham Young University	24.6x	$31,225/yr	55
Kennesaw State University	23.9x	$29,938/yr	54
California State University-Long Beach	23.6x	$36,841/yr	59
California State University-Los Angeles	23.3x	$50,428/yr	68
North Carolina State University at Raleigh	23.1x	$44,101/yr	63
University of New Mexico-Main Campus	19.1x	$23,648/yr	47
University of Iowa	19.0x	$29,991/yr	50
Towson University	18.9x	$36,842/yr	56

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much do Biochemistry & Biophysics and Molecular Biology graduates earn?

Across 136 schools, Biochemistry & Biophysics and Molecular Biology graduates earn an average of $37,918 per year in their first year after graduation. Earnings range from $19,546 to $63,781 depending on the school.

What is the AI automation risk for Biochemistry & Biophysics and Molecular Biology?

Biochemistry & Biophysics and Molecular Biology is rated "High" for AI automation risk, with an average of 50% of job tasks exposed to large language models and AI tools. This means some career tasks in this field could be augmented or replaced by AI over the next decade.

Which school has the best Biochemistry & Biophysics and Molecular Biology program?

Based on our DegreeWorth Score (combining earnings, AI resilience, job market size, and ROI), California State University-San Marcos ranks #1 for Biochemistry & Biophysics and Molecular Biology with a score of 69/100 and graduate earnings of $57,682/yr.

Is a Biochemistry & Biophysics and Molecular Biology degree worth it?

On average, Biochemistry & Biophysics and Molecular Biology graduates earn 9.7x their in-state tuition over 10 years. This is a moderate return — school choice matters significantly.

About This Data

This page aggregates Biochemistry & Biophysics and Molecular Biology programs across 136 schools using earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024–2034), and AI automation risk research from OpenAI and academic institutions.

The DegreeWorth Score (0–100) combines four equally weighted factors: graduate earnings, AI resilience, job market size, and return on investment. Each school's program page includes three AI scenarios (optimistic, base case, pessimistic) showing how automation could affect 10-year earnings.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections), OpenAI GPTs-are-GPTs research (AI task exposure), Felten et al. AIOE. Last updated 2025.