2024 Best Biotechnology Schools in the Great Lakes Region
11
Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
224
Biotech Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in
biotechnology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #242 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for biotechnology students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 224 degrees in biotechnology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Choosing a Great Biotechnology School
Your choice of biotechnology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Biotechnology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your Biotechnology Degree Level
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Biotechnology Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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Best Schools for Biotechnology in the Great Lakes Region
The schools below may not offer all types of biotech degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
10 Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Biotech
Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In IL
35
Biotech Degrees Awarded
It is hard to beat Northwestern University if you wish to pursue a degree in biotechnology. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Evanston. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.
There were roughly 35 biotechnology students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in biotechnology from Northwestern University
It is difficult to beat University of Wisconsin - Madison if you wish to pursue a degree in biotechnology. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were about 26 biotechnology students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in biotechnology from University of Wisconsin - Madison
It is hard to beat Indiana University - Bloomington if you wish to pursue a degree in biotechnology. IU Bloomington is a fairly large public university located in the city of Bloomington. A Best Colleges rank of #55 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means IU Bloomington is a great university overall.
There were roughly 21 biotechnology students who graduated with this degree at IU Bloomington in the most recent year we have data available.
More information about a degree in biotechnology from Indiana University - Bloomington
Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
5th
Most Popular In IL
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in biotechnology. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #34 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UIUC is a great university overall.
There were about 2 biotechnology students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in biotechnology from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
2nd
Most Popular In WI
Located in the town of River Falls, UW - River Falls is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 12th out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were roughly 4 biotechnology students who graduated with this degree at UW - River Falls in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in biotechnology from University of Wisconsin - River Falls
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