by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biotech Major in North Carolina” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 3,911 people earned their degree in biotechnology, making the major the 174th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, biotechnology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $52,907 and had an average of $20,555 in loans still to pay off.
Across North Carolina, there were 552 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $67,299 and $21,612 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 29 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,987 and $17,467 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biotech Major in North Carolina” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in biotechnology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in biotechnology.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biotech Major in North Carolina”.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biotech Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Pitt Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Pitt Community College is located in Winterville, North Carolina and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 associates’s biotech degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Alamance Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biotech Major in North Carolina. Graham, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s biotech degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Forsyth Technical Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biotech Major in North Carolina. Forsyth Tech is a medium-sized public school situated in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It awarded 7 associates’s biotech degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cleveland Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biotech Major in North Carolina. Located in Shelby, North Carolina, this small public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s biotech students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biotech Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Wilson Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Wilson, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s biotech degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biotech Major in North Carolina list. Rowan-Cabarrus Community College is a public institution located in Salisbury, North Carolina. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Martin Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biotech Major in North Carolina ranking, coming in at #7. This small school is located in Williamston, North Carolina, and it awarded 0 associates’s biotech degrees in 2020-2021.
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Guilford Technical Community College landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biotech Major in North Carolina ranking. Jamestown, North Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s biotech degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Full Guilford Technical Community College Biotechnology Report
Gaston College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biotech Major in North Carolina ranking, coming in at #7. Dallas, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s biotech degrees to 372 students in 2020-2021.
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