2023 Schools Highly Focused on Biotech Major in Oregon

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Biotech Major in Oregon” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Biotechnology is the 174th most popular major in the country with 3,911 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Oregon, there were 28 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Biotech Major in Oregon” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in biotechnology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their biotechnology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools Highly Focused on Biotech Major in Oregon

The colleges and universities below are the best for oregon biotech students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Biotechnology in Oregon

1

Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon

#2 overall quality in Oregon

$43,202 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,328 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Biotech Major in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Oregon State University is a large public school situated in Corvallis, Oregon. It awarded 11 ’s biotech degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Biotechnology at Oregon State

2

Portland Community College
Portland, Oregon

#11 overall quality in Oregon

$44,075 Average Early-Career Earnings

$22,905 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Biotech Major in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Portland Community College is a large school located in Portland, Oregon that handed out 17 ’s biotech degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Portland Community College Biotechnology Report

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Henk Caspers/Naturalis Biodiversity Center.