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.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for biotechnology students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 376 degrees in biotechnology annually.
Your choice of biotechnology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Biotechnology Schools in Massachusetts ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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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.
It's difficult to beat Northeastern University if you wish to pursue a degree in biotechnology. Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Boston. A Best Colleges rank of #33 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Northeastern is a great university overall.More information about a degree in biotechnology from Northeastern University
Any student pursuing a degree in biotechnology has to check out Boston University. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.
There were roughly 18 biotechnology students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in biotechnology needs to check out Worcester Polytechnic Institute. WPI is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Worcester. A Best Colleges rank of #52 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means WPI is a great school overall.
There were roughly 25 biotechnology students who graduated with this degree at WPI in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Worcester State University if you want to pursue a degree in biotechnology. Worcester State is a moderately-sized public university located in the medium-sized city of Worcester. This university ranks 35th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 21 biotechnology students who graduated with this degree at Worcester State in the most recent data year.
Endicott is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of Beverly. This college ranks 22nd out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 15 biotechnology students who graduated with this degree at Endicott in the most recent year we have data available.
Framingham State is a small public university located in the small city of Framingham. This university ranks 56th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 8 biotechnology students who graduated with this degree at Framingham State in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 63rd out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 33 biotechnology students who graduated with this degree at Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network in the most recent data year.
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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).
Your choice of biotechnology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
