A degree in biotechnology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #242 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 63 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of biotechnology. Combined, these schools handed out 4,245 degrees in biotechnology to qualified students.
The biotech program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Biotechnology rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for biotechnology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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Best Schools for Biotechnology in the United States
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the biotech degree levels they offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Johns Hopkins University is a good decision for students interested in a degree in biotechnology. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Johns Hopkins is a great university overall.
There were about 428 biotechnology students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat University of Pennsylvania if you want to pursue a degree in biotechnology. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #2 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were approximately 33 biotechnology students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in biotechnology needs to look into University of California - Davis. UC Davis is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Davis. This university ranks 10th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 66 biotechnology students who graduated with this degree at UC Davis in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat New York University if you want to pursue a degree in biotechnology. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #16 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 25 biotechnology students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means IU Bloomington is a great university overall.
There were approximately 15 biotechnology students who graduated with this degree at IU Bloomington in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were about 56 biotechnology students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers New Brunswick in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were approximately 48 biotechnology students who graduated with this degree at NC State in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.
There were approximately 43 biotechnology students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #33 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Northeastern is a great university overall.More information about a degree in biotechnology from Northeastern University
Located in the suburb of Newark, UD is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 3 colleges for overall quality in the state of Delaware.
There were roughly 18 biotechnology students who graduated with this degree at UD in the most recent year we have data available.
Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #15 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were approximately 22 biotechnology students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.
There were about 18 biotechnology students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent year we have data available.
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Notes and References
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
The biotech program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Biotechnology rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for biotechnology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
