Biophysics at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

If you plan to study biophysics, take a look at what University of Michigan - Ann Arbor has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

U-M is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and has a total student population of 47,907.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Biophysics section at the bottom of this page.

U-M Biophysics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biophysics

U-M Biophysics Rankings

The biophysics major at U-M is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biophysics. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in biophysics, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Biophysics Student Demographics at U-M

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biophysics majors at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.

U-M Biophysics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of biophysics bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. The typical biophysics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% women. So female students are more repesented at U-M since its program graduates 30% more women than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biophysics at U-M are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor with a bachelor's in biophysics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Biochemistry
• Molecular Biology

Careers That Biophysics Grads May Go Into

A degree in biophysics can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MI, the home state for University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Medical Scientists	2,550	$67,960
Natural Sciences Managers	1,570	$113,840
Biological Science Professors	1,240	$91,770

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Dwight Burdette under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.