A program that focuses on the application of physics principles to the scientific study the mechanisms of biological processes and assemblies at all levels of complexity. Includes instruction in research methods and equipment operation and applications to subjects such as bioenergetics, biophysical theory and modeling, electrophysics, membrane biology, channels, receptors and transporters, contractility and muscle function, protein shaping and folding, molecular and supramolecular structures and assemblies, and computational science.
| A major in Biophysics is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. |
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Top 20
U.S.
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Biophysics among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | La Sierra University
Riverside, CA | 2
(1.0%) |  |  | |
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| | Southern Adventist University
Collegedale, TN | 2
(0.7%) | | | |
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| | Andrews University
Berrien Springs, MI | 2
(0.6%) | | | |
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| | Brown University
Providence, RI | 9
(0.6%) |  |  | |
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| | Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD | 9
(0.6%) | | | |
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| | Pacific Union College
Angwin, CA | 1
(0.5%) |  | | |
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| | University of Scranton
Scranton, PA | 2
(0.2%) | |  | |
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| | University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA | 9
(0.1%) | | | |
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| | George Washington University
Washington, DC | 3
(0.1%) |  | | |
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| | Brigham Young University
Provo, UT | 8
(0.1%) | |  | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.