Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology: bachelor's degree earnings by college

Median earnings of biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology graduates (bachelor's degree) one year after graduation, at 140 colleges. National median: $43,576, rising to $66,862 after four years.

#	College	State	Earnings after 1 yr	After 4 yrs	Median debt
1	University of San Diego	CA	$65,140	$83,380	—
2	San Francisco State University	CA	$62,350	$76,134	$15,000
3	University of Massachusetts-Boston	MA	$61,724	$85,296	$22,448
4	University of California-Santa Barbara	CA	$61,491	$90,694	$5,765
5	Northeastern University	MA	$60,938	$90,612	$17,817
6	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	NH	$57,626	$87,075	$25,125
7	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	CA	$56,115	$78,097	—
8	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	NY	$55,598	$73,621	$26,000
9	University of Vermont	VT	$55,289	$80,593	$20,500
10	California State University-San Marcos	CA	$53,599	$65,479	—
11	University of Kansas	KS	$53,479	$81,568	$20,500
12	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	CO	$53,430	—	$14,432
13	Towson University	MD	$53,025	$54,367	$20,500
14	Montclair State University	NJ	$52,941	$81,519	$20,358
15	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse	WI	$52,786	$72,896	—
16	California State University-Long Beach	CA	$52,488	$79,820	$11,000
17	University of Maryland-College Park	MD	$52,198	$80,470	$13,000
18	University of California-Santa Cruz	CA	$52,133	$88,305	$15,000
19	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	NC	$52,108	$71,136	$18,500
20	Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences	MA	$51,897	$86,795	$27,000
21	University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point	WI	$51,766	$61,349	$21,500
22	Rutgers University-Camden	NJ	$50,965	$79,510	$20,500
23	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	$50,965	$79,510	$20,500
24	Grand Canyon University	AZ	$50,797	—	—
25	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	MA	$50,665	$77,853	$22,975
26	University of Maryland-Baltimore County	MD	$50,559	$75,493	$14,454
27	University of Southern California	CA	$50,471	$57,246	$16,745
28	Texas State University	TX	$50,334	$64,830	$17,900
29	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	WI	$50,331	$58,905	—
30	Colorado State University-Fort Collins	CO	$50,019	$70,343	$21,357
31	Tufts University	MA	$49,976	—	$16,250
32	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	AZ	$49,929	$60,501	$19,395
33	Arizona State University Digital Immersion	AZ	$49,929	$60,501	$19,395
34	California State University-Northridge	CA	$49,811	—	—
35	Portland State University	OR	$49,763	$75,765	—
36	University of Colorado Boulder	CO	$49,275	$68,488	$17,849
37	Princeton University	NJ	$49,217	—	—
38	Grand Valley State University	MI	$49,097	$59,476	$21,499
39	Western Washington University	WA	$48,761	$77,048	$18,773
40	Vassar College	NY	$48,717	—	$18,009
41	California State University-Sacramento	CA	$48,631	$66,885	$12,552
42	University of California-Irvine	CA	$48,315	—	—
43	University of Missouri-St Louis	MO	$48,177	$66,483	$17,188
44	University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg	PA	$47,704	$63,707	$23,000
45	University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown	PA	$47,704	$63,707	$23,000
46	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	PA	$47,704	$63,707	$23,000
47	University of California-San Diego	CA	$47,239	$72,491	$15,500
48	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks	PA	$47,090	$77,336	$26,182
49	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	PA	$47,090	$77,336	$26,182
50	Colgate University	NY	$47,081	—	$13,000
51	Boston University	MA	$46,727	$64,112	$19,250
52	Middlebury College	VT	$46,554	—	$18,281
53	Iowa State University	IA	$46,267	$63,026	$21,117
54	University of California-Davis	CA	$46,241	$70,754	$11,036
55	University of Minnesota-Duluth	MN	$46,194	$61,010	$25,000
56	California State University-Los Angeles	CA	$45,944	$67,441	$12,500
57	Purdue University-Main Campus	IN	$45,481	$67,639	$18,669
58	University of St Thomas	MN	$45,467	—	—
59	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	NC	$45,402	$61,940	$22,333
60	New York University	NY	$44,897	$68,690	$21,625
61	East Carolina University	NC	$44,711	—	$17,375
62	Eastern Michigan University	MI	$44,652	$70,711	—
63	University of Illinois Chicago	IL	$44,617	$58,268	$16,744
64	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	$44,425	$72,988	$20,740
65	University of Puget Sound	WA	$44,275	—	—
66	Ursinus College	PA	$44,113	—	$27,000
67	Central Connecticut State University	CT	$44,074	$60,713	$24,125
68	Ohio State University-Main Campus	OH	$44,020	$67,381	$21,000
69	California State University-Fullerton	CA	$43,901	$68,170	$15,000
70	University of Iowa	IA	$43,576	$65,072	$22,898
71	Georgia Southern University	GA	$43,567	—	$24,736
72	Clemson University	SC	$43,525	$60,988	$19,500
73	Boston College	MA	$43,395	$75,274	—
74	Temple University	PA	$43,237	$80,364	$27,000
75	Michigan State University	MI	$43,040	$63,419	$20,847
76	Rowan University	NJ	$42,963	$67,702	$18,625
77	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	VA	$42,750	$67,621	$20,500
78	University of Michigan-Flint	MI	$42,666	$62,013	—
79	Gustavus Adolphus College	MN	$42,628	—	—
80	Brandeis University	MA	$42,219	—	—
81	Utah State University	UT	$42,053	—	—
82	Cornell College	IA	$41,948	$64,510	$27,000
83	University of California-Los Angeles	CA	$41,808	$73,506	$12,833
84	Middle Tennessee State University	TN	$41,754	$49,543	$13,000
85	Kennesaw State University	GA	$41,649	$59,054	—
86	Oregon State University	OR	$41,485	—	$17,819
87	Oregon State University-Cascades Campus	OR	$41,485	—	$17,819
88	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	$40,886	$58,818	$12,000
89	University of Washington-Bothell Campus	WA	$40,886	$58,818	$12,000
90	University of Missouri-Columbia	MO	$40,834	$56,003	$21,500
91	Calvin University	MI	$40,600	$70,010	$17,500
92	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	NV	$40,567	—	—
93	California State University-Chico	CA	$40,406	$60,367	—
94	Brigham Young University	UT	$40,236	$63,291	$7,534
95	University of South Carolina-Columbia	SC	$40,191	$67,202	$22,000
96	University of California-Riverside	CA	$40,163	$59,549	$15,000
97	University of Arizona	AZ	$40,061	$66,862	$12,000
98	Baylor University	TX	$39,881	$49,661	$21,500
99	University of Houston	TX	$39,570	$61,122	$17,500
100	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus	OK	$39,414	$49,010	$18,750
101	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	WI	$39,197	$64,492	$20,669
102	University of Denver	CO	$39,045	$69,725	$15,500
103	Texas Woman's University	TX	$39,042	—	—
104	Simmons University	MA	$39,032	—	—
105	University of North Texas	TX	$38,901	$60,655	$14,500
106	CUNY City College	NY	$38,460	$62,440	—
107	Loyola University Chicago	IL	$38,451	$67,681	$26,000
108	Case Western Reserve University	OH	$38,372	$64,089	$19,000
109	DePauw University	IN	$38,227	—	—
110	Rice University	TX	$37,890	$63,264	—
111	Drake University	IA	$37,787	$67,547	$23,000
112	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	MN	$37,720	$67,783	$18,751
113	The University of Texas at Dallas	TX	$37,521	$50,432	$13,500
114	University of Idaho	ID	$37,028	$86,335	—
115	West Virginia University	WV	$36,507	$64,703	$20,627
116	University of Scranton	PA	$36,304	—	$27,000
117	Stockton University	NJ	$35,971	$69,252	$16,000
118	The University of Texas at San Antonio	TX	$35,835	$45,035	$21,750
119	University of Georgia	GA	$35,660	$59,534	$14,393
120	Brown University	RI	$35,637	—	—
121	Coastal Carolina University	SC	$35,626	$46,896	$20,250
122	Mississippi State University	MS	$35,421	$44,979	$21,693
123	The University of Texas at Austin	TX	$35,266	$64,145	$19,500
124	SUNY College at Geneseo	NY	$34,536	$71,847	—
125	University of Miami	FL	$34,162	$68,633	$21,500
126	Texas A&M University-College Station	TX	$33,718	$59,079	$20,750
127	Otterbein University	OH	$33,462	—	—
128	Indiana University-Bloomington	IN	$33,285	$78,721	$20,500
129	University of Hawaii at Manoa	HI	$33,104	$43,080	—
130	Stony Brook University	NY	$32,494	$60,648	$20,250
131	Binghamton University	NY	$32,436	$64,737	$14,737
132	University of Mississippi	MS	$32,315	—	$25,361
133	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	$31,982	$64,521	$15,500
134	University of Colorado Colorado Springs	CO	$31,980	—	$16,176
135	Florida State University	FL	$31,119	$69,875	$18,426
136	Texas Tech University	TX	$27,560	$63,013	$25,500
137	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	$26,349	$67,925	$19,000
138	University of New Mexico-Main Campus	NM	$26,273	$48,873	$12,993
139	Florida International University	FL	$24,773	—	—
140	The University of Texas at El Paso	TX	$24,411	$51,356	$19,567

Earnings are median annual earnings of graduates who received federal financial aid, measured by the U.S. Department of Education. Colleges with too few graduates are not shown.

Frequently asked questions

How much do biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology graduates earn?

The median college reports $43,576 in earnings one year after a bachelor's degree in biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology and $66,862 four years after. The highest is $65,140 at University of San Diego.

How much student debt do biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology graduates have?

The median federal loan debt for this degree is about $20,250 at the typical college.