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CIP PROGRAM: 26.0202
Biochemistry.

Summary: A program that focuses on the scientific study of the chemistry of living systems, their fundamental chemical substances and reactions, and their chemical pathways and information transfer systems, with particular reference to carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids. Includes instruction in bio-organic chemistry, protein chemistry, bioanalytical chemistry, bioseparations, regulatory biochemistry, enzymology, hormonal chemistry, calorimetry, and research methods and equipment operation.

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National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2020 15 9138 303
2021 10 9341 276
2022 11 9607 307
2023 14 9334 344
2024 19 9150 366
Change -6.67% +2.14% +13.53%

Related CIPs

26 BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES.
26.02 Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.
26.0202 Biochemistry.
26.0203 Biophysics.
26.0204 Molecular Biology.
26.0205 Molecular Biochemistry.
26.0206 Molecular Biophysics.
26.0207 Structural Biology.
26.0208 Photobiology.
26.0209 Radiation Biology/Radiobiology.
26.0210 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
26.0299 Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Other.

Institutions granting degrees in Biochemistry.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change
Abilene Christian University17 -
Adelphi University7 -60.00%
Adrian College6 +300.00%
Agnes Scott College3 -16.67%
Albion College10 +14.29%
Albright College6 +250.00%
Alfred University2 -
Allegheny College19 -
Alma College2 +25.00%
Alvernia University4 -71.43%
American University6 -80.00%
Anderson University3 -
Andrews University9 +50.00%
Arizona State University Campus Immersion160 -27.69%
Arizona State University Digital Immersion79 -
Asbury University5 +100.00%
Ashland University3 +600.00%
Augsburg University11 -
Augustana College9 -37.50%
Augustana University12 +28.57%
Austin College5 -23.08%
Ave Maria University10 -88.89%
Averett University1 -
Azusa Pacific University3 -
Baker University3 +300.00%
Barnard College9 -61.54%
Bates College26 +5.26%
Baylor University84 -1.43%
Belmont Abbey College2 -
Benedictine College5 -
Berry College27 -30.00%
Bethany Lutheran College2 -
Binghamton University61 +22.03%
Biola University7 +12.50%
Boston College30 +25.00%
Boston University1 -
Bowdoin College25 -4.55%
Bradley University7 +50.00%
Brandeis University22 -22.22%
Brescia University2 -
Bridgewater College6 +180.00%
Brigham Young University36 -8.82%
Brigham Young University-Hawaii6 +20.00%
Brigham Young University-Idaho19 -8.00%
Brown University31 +33.33%
Bucknell University19 -6.25%
Butler University19 +111.11%
CUNY City College18 +20.69%
California Lutheran University10 +35.71%
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo37 -23.53%
California State University-Bakersfield11 +20.00%
California State University-Chico11 +8.70%
California State University-Dominguez Hills5 -10.00%
California State University-East Bay8 -33.33%
California State University-Fresno38 +33.33%
California State University-Fullerton62 -9.46%
California State University-Long Beach61 +65.00%
California State University-Los Angeles38 -24.56%
California State University-Northridge19 +20.83%
California State University-Sacramento28 +29.63%
California State University-San Marcos36 +2.94%
Calvin University28 +54.84%
Campbell University8 -71.43%
Canisius University3 -42.86%
Capital University4 +80.00%
Carroll University8 -
Carson-Newman University6 -62.50%
Case Western Reserve University56 +18.00%
Catawba College4 -28.57%
Cedar Crest College3 +100.00%
Centenary College of Louisiana3 -100.00%
Central College2 +166.67%
Central Connecticut State University4 -40.00%
Central Michigan University22 -50.00%
Chaminade University of Honolulu2 -33.33%
Chapman University19 +8.33%
Charleston Southern University5 -90.91%
Chatham University6 -
Christian Brothers University1 +66.67%
Claflin University9 +66.67%
Claremont McKenna College2 -50.00%
Clemson University81 +17.24%
Coastal Carolina University23 +25.00%
Coe College3 -33.33%
Colgate University19 -30.00%
College of Saint Benedict6 -10.00%
College of Staten Island CUNY2 -33.33%
College of the Ozarks2 -
Colorado College11 -21.43%
Colorado School of Mines20 -
Colorado State University-Fort Collins52 -5.97%
Columbia College3 -50.00%
Columbia College2 -
Columbia University in the City of New York21 -
Concordia University-Irvine1 -
Concordia University-Nebraska1 -
Converse University1 +250.00%
Creighton University21 -
Culver-Stockton College6 -
Cumberland University2 +500.00%
Curry College1 -
Daemen University1 -66.67%
Dakota Wesleyan University5 -57.14%
DePaul University4 -
DePauw University17 +73.68%
DeSales University2 +100.00%
Denison University7 -12.50%
Doane University2 -
Drew University11 -56.25%
Drury University14 +75.00%
Duquesne University26 -12.90%
Earlham College19 +53.85%
East Carolina University33 +21.21%
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania5 -10.00%
Eastern Connecticut State University2 -
Eastern Mennonite University2 +100.00%
Eastern Michigan University19 -
Eastern Nazarene College1 -
Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus1 -33.33%
Eastern University7 -
Eckerd College3 +125.00%
Elmhurst University10 -
Elon University12 +66.67%
Emmanuel College8 +22.22%
Fairfield University4 -
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus7 -83.33%
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus5 -
Ferris State University4 -
Florida Gulf Coast University5 -20.00%
Florida Institute of Technology4 -14.29%
Florida International University44 +357.14%
Florida State University59 -
Framingham State University2 +66.67%
Franciscan University of Steubenville4 -
Franklin and Marshall College19 +233.33%
Freed-Hardeman University7 +500.00%
Friends University1 -
Gannon University2 -25.00%
Geneva College1 -100.00%
George Fox University11 +80.00%
Georgetown University12 +25.00%
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus45 -35.48%
Georgia Southern University20 -
Gettysburg College10 +66.67%
Gonzaga University23 +33.33%
Grand Valley State University30 +95.65%
Grand View University7 -62.50%
Grinnell College35 +65.52%
Grove City College10 -14.29%
Gustavus Adolphus College14 +27.27%
Hamilton College16 -31.58%
Hamline University8 -84.62%
Hampshire College2 -
Hampton University8 +650.00%
Hanover College11 -
Harding University3 -40.00%
Hartwick College1 -16.67%
Harvey Mudd College6 +250.00%
Hastings College3 -
Hawaii Pacific University4 -33.33%
Heidelberg University4 -
High Point University7 +75.00%
Hillsdale College24 -31.82%
Hiram College2 +700.00%
Hobart William Smith Colleges7 -42.86%
Hofstra University10 +18.18%
Holy Family University3 -
Hood College7 -55.56%
Houghton University6 +100.00%
Huntingdon College7 +66.67%
Husson University2 -
Illinois College2 -40.00%
Illinois Institute of Technology6 -
Illinois State University5 -55.56%
Illinois Wesleyan University5 -
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus2 -20.00%
Indiana University-Bloomington39 +8.89%
Indiana University-East5 -14.29%
Indiana University-Kokomo3 -20.00%
Indiana University-Northwest6 -
Indiana University-South Bend3 +20.00%
Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion4 -75.00%
Iona University3 +150.00%
Iowa State University35 -5.26%
Ithaca College3 -25.00%
John Brown University6 -33.33%
Juniata College13 +10.00%
Kalamazoo College12 -
Kansas State University29 -53.13%
Kennesaw State University26 -
Kenyon College12 -36.36%
Kettering University2 -63.64%
King University1 -
Knox College8 -35.71%
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania6 +87.50%
La Roche University4 -50.00%
La Salle University1 -66.67%
LaGrange College2 -100.00%
Lafayette College10 -
Lake Superior State University3 -20.00%
Lakeland University1 -50.00%
Lamar University2 +50.00%
Lasell University2 -
Lawrence University17 -
Le Moyne College3 -
Lee University1 -50.00%
Lehigh University12 +15.38%
Lenoir-Rhyne University1 -
Lewis & Clark College18 -25.00%
Lewis University4 -83.33%
Liberty University11 +250.00%
Lipscomb University6 +114.29%
Long Island University2 -
Loras College8 -70.00%
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College71 +25.00%
Loyola Marymount University17 +13.64%
Loyola University Chicago32 -10.53%
Loyola University Maryland22 -
Loyola University New Orleans5 -40.00%
Lubbock Christian University6 +33.33%
Lycoming College3 -
Madonna University1 -
Manhattan College4 -
Marietta College8 -28.57%
Marist College4 +33.33%
Mars Hill University2 -
Mary Baldwin University1 -
Marymount University6 -22.22%
Maryville College2 -62.50%
Maryville University of Saint Louis3 -83.33%
McDaniel College2 -
McMurry University1 +100.00%
Mercer University25 -34.29%
Mercyhurst University2 -
Merrimack College2 +28.57%
Messiah University4 -
Metropolitan State University9 +450.00%
Metropolitan State University of Denver15 -31.82%
Miami University-Oxford36 +6.45%
Michigan State University24 +35.00%
Middle Tennessee State University47 -18.37%
Middlebury College7 -72.73%
Millsaps College4 +12.50%
Minnesota State University-Mankato15 -8.33%
Misericordia University1 -50.00%
Mississippi College3 -100.00%
Mississippi State University106 +29.87%
Missouri Baptist University3 -
Missouri Western State University9 -72.73%
Monmouth College6 -100.00%
Montclair State University19 -23.81%
Moravian University11 +57.14%
Mount Holyoke College12 +60.00%
Mount Mercy University1 +100.00%
Mount Saint Mary's University6 -44.44%
Mount St. Joseph University1 -
Mount St. Mary's University11 -8.33%
Nazareth University3 -
Nebraska Wesleyan University11 +20.00%
New Jersey Institute of Technology15 +300.00%
New Mexico State University-Main Campus7 +466.67%
New York University14 -38.10%
Newman University4 +50.00%
Niagara University4 -
North Carolina State University at Raleigh59 -4.35%
North Central College3 -57.14%
North Park University3 -42.86%
Northeastern University85 +47.27%
Northern Michigan University10 +8.33%
Northern State University3 -
Northwest Nazarene University2 +33.33%
Norwich University5 -100.00%
Oakland University13 +6.25%
Oakwood University6 +66.67%
Oberlin College11 +41.67%
Occidental College17 +17.65%
Ohio Northern University2 -50.00%
Ohio State University-Main Campus100 +120.45%
Ohio Wesleyan University2 +33.33%
Oklahoma Baptist University3 +83.33%
Oklahoma Christian University2 +100.00%
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus53 -25.68%
Old Dominion University20 -38.10%
Oral Roberts University2 -60.00%
Otterbein University23 +56.25%
Our Lady of the Lake University3 -
Pace University4 -42.86%
Pacific Union College4 -66.67%
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus100 +2.53%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks21 -24.00%
Peru State College5 +100.00%
Plymouth State University5 +100.00%
Point Loma Nazarene University15 -6.67%
Portland State University14 -18.18%
Presbyterian College5 -44.44%
Providence College6 +25.00%
Purdue University Fort Wayne7 -
Purdue University-Main Campus43 -10.26%
Queens University of Charlotte6 -
Quinnipiac University7 +33.33%
Ramapo College of New Jersey5 -37.50%
Reed College10 -
Regis University11 -
Rhode Island College4 -
Rice University18 -36.67%
Rider University5 +100.00%
Roanoke College14 +140.00%
Roberts Wesleyan University2 +166.67%
Rochester Institute of Technology12 +33.33%
Rockford University5 +150.00%
Rockhurst University28 +14.29%
Roger Williams University2 -50.00%
Roosevelt University6 -25.00%
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology3 +25.00%
Rowan University35 -5.45%
Rutgers University-New Brunswick43 -7.14%
SUNY Brockport2 -50.00%
SUNY College at Geneseo12 -60.71%
SUNY College at Potsdam4 -16.67%
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry3 +75.00%
SUNY Old Westbury3 +200.00%
SUNY Oneonta3 -50.00%
SUNY at Fredonia2 +40.00%
SUNY at Purchase College2 +200.00%
Sacred Heart University7 +50.00%
Saginaw Valley State University14 -25.00%
Saint Anselm College4 +250.00%
Saint Edward's University10 -60.00%
Saint Elizabeth University2 -
Saint Francis University1 -
Saint Johns University13 -72.22%
Saint Joseph's College of Maine2 -
Saint Joseph's University14 +15.38%
Saint Louis University12 -64.71%
Saint Mary's College of California10 -18.75%
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota4 +40.00%
Saint Michael's College6 +20.00%
Saint Norbert College2 -50.00%
Saint Peter's University7 -46.67%
Saint Vincent College4 -62.50%
Salem College3 -
Salem State University6 -62.50%
Salve Regina University3 -
Samford University6 +60.00%
San Francisco State University40 -18.00%
Santa Clara University20 -13.33%
Scripps College4 -85.71%
Seattle Pacific University10 -
Seattle University9 +66.67%
Seton Hall University19 -45.45%
Seton Hill University2 -66.67%
Shorter University3 -
Siena College5 +75.00%
Simpson College3 -37.50%
Smith College20 +11.76%
Sonoma State University15 +52.94%
South Dakota State University7 +28.57%
Southeastern University3 -
Southern Adventist University7 -16.67%
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale2 -
Southern Methodist University6 +70.00%
Southern Nazarene University9 -33.33%
Southern Virginia University23 +40.00%
Southwestern Adventist University1 -
Southwestern College5 -
Southwestern University10 +85.71%
Spelman College11 +200.00%
Spring Arbor University3 -
Spring Hill College2 -50.00%
St Bonaventure University3 -
St Catherine University4 -
St Lawrence University2 -14.29%
St. Mary's College of Maryland12 -41.18%
St. Mary's University4 +14.29%
State University of New York at New Paltz6 -33.33%
State University of New York at Oswego5 +12.50%
Stephen F Austin State University4 +50.00%
Stetson University5 -
Stevens Institute of Technology10 +466.67%
Stevenson University20 -32.00%
Stockton University27 -46.67%
Stonehill College8 -58.33%
Stony Brook University106 +14.55%
Suffolk University7 -
Susquehanna University6 +114.29%
Swarthmore College11 +200.00%
Syracuse University13 -41.67%
Taylor University4 -
Temple University36 -26.92%
Texas A & M University-College Station76 +6.00%
Texas Christian University5 +25.00%
Texas State University33 -23.26%
Texas Tech University68 +26.83%
Texas Woman's University12 +58.33%
The Catholic University of America2 +50.00%
The College of Saint Rose1 +150.00%
The College of Saint Scholastica9 -76.47%
The University of Montana8 -50.00%
The University of Tampa11 -
The University of Texas at Arlington18 -30.77%
The University of Texas at Austin303 +8.88%
The University of Texas at Dallas79 +83.64%
The University of Texas at El Paso25 +38.46%
The University of Texas at San Antonio31 +32.26%
The University of Texas at Tyler18 +122.22%
The University of the South7 +114.29%
Thiel College1 -
Thomas Jefferson University6 -
Thomas More University1 -
Trine University5 -33.33%
Trinity College9 +125.00%
Trinity University19 +50.00%
Trinity Washington University3 -
Tufts University42 +10.34%
Tulane University of Louisiana7 -37.50%
Union College5 -18.18%
University at Buffalo20 +200.00%
University of Akron Main Campus7 -52.38%
University of Arizona62 -22.50%
University of California-Los Angeles183 +2.90%
University of California-Riverside163 +51.00%
University of California-San Diego130 -73.98%
University of California-Santa Barbara21 -12.50%
University of Charleston2 -100.00%
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus17 -29.41%
University of Colorado Boulder72 -3.95%
University of Colorado Colorado Springs21 +66.67%
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus40 +2700.00%
University of Dallas4 -71.43%
University of Dayton17 +14.29%
University of Delaware15 -20.83%
University of Denver19 -34.38%
University of Detroit Mercy6 -72.73%
University of Evansville6 -
University of Hartford7 -71.43%
University of Hawaii at Manoa21 -14.81%
University of Houston84 +17.33%
University of Idaho3 -46.67%
University of Illinois Chicago79 +13.79%
University of Illinois Springfield6 +14.29%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign37 -14.29%
University of Iowa37 -36.73%
University of Kansas57 +77.14%
University of Maine12 +20.00%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor3 -33.33%
University of Maryland Eastern Shore7 -60.00%
University of Maryland-College Park43 +11.76%
University of Massachusetts-Boston16 +27.78%
University of Miami69 +185.71%
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor75 +14.81%
University of Michigan-Dearborn14 -37.50%
University of Michigan-Flint3 +150.00%
University of Minnesota-Duluth51 -17.65%
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities80 -22.55%
University of Mississippi49 -
University of Missouri-Columbia42 +23.91%
University of Missouri-St Louis25 -16.00%
University of Mount Olive2 -
University of Mount Saint Vincent1 -100.00%
University of Mount Union3 +233.33%
University of Nebraska-Lincoln77 +36.36%
University of Nevada-Las Vegas29 +93.75%
University of Nevada-Reno36 -33.90%
University of New England3 -57.14%
University of New Mexico-Main Campus58 -28.24%
University of North Carolina at Greensboro32 +9.09%
University of North Florida1 -
University of North Texas41 -10.87%
University of Northern Iowa14 -53.33%
University of Northwestern-St Paul3 -
University of Notre Dame33 +23.08%
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus14 -10.71%
University of Oregon30 -15.38%
University of Pennsylvania37 +28.57%
University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg9 +233.33%
University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown8 -30.00%
University of Puget Sound10 +36.36%
University of Redlands2 -
University of Rio Grande1 -
University of Saint Joseph1 -
University of San Diego22 -17.86%
University of Scranton7 +166.67%
University of South Dakota1 -
University of Southern California29 +68.18%
University of Southern Indiana13 +50.00%
University of Southern Maine7 +16.67%
University of St Francis4 -100.00%
University of St Thomas15 +52.63%
University of St Thomas4 -33.33%
University of Toledo12 +166.67%
University of Tulsa16 -9.09%
University of Utah35 -
University of Vermont37 +61.90%
University of Washington-Bothell Campus16 -18.75%
University of Washington-Seattle Campus280 +3.57%
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse16 +60.00%
University of Wisconsin-Madison167 +4.88%
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee21 +42.86%
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point25 -17.24%
University of the Incarnate Word6 -28.57%
University of the Pacific23 +13.04%
Ursinus College21 -
Ursuline College1 -
Utah State University28 +94.12%
Utica University3 +16.67%
Valparaiso University6 -25.00%
Vanderbilt University30 +109.09%
Vanguard University of Southern California2 +75.00%
Vassar College39 +52.94%
Villanova University24 -
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University97 -6.19%
Viterbo University1 -
Wabash College5 +200.00%
Walla Walla University5 -33.33%
Walsh University2 -50.00%
Warren Wilson College4 -
Wartburg College10 +44.44%
Washington & Jefferson College6 -33.33%
Washington State University26 -47.22%
Washington and Lee University4 +55.56%
Waynesburg University1 -
Weber State University9 -37.50%
Wellesley College20 -15.79%
West Chester University of Pennsylvania8 +200.00%
West Virginia University35 +26.92%
Western Kentucky University13 +25.00%
Western Michigan University8 -16.67%
Western Washington University41 +26.09%
Westminster College6 +33.33%
Westminster College12 -14.29%
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)17 -7.69%
Whittier College4 +200.00%
Wichita State University2 -
Widener University1 -
Wilkes University1 -
William Jewell College3 +133.33%
William Paterson University of New Jersey1 -
Wisconsin Lutheran College3 +25.00%
Worcester Polytechnic Institute30 +31.25%
Xavier University of Louisiana5 -
Yeshiva University11 -
Youngstown State University6 +75.00%