When it comes to popularity, biotechnology sits in the middle of the road, ranking #174 out of 395 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Biotechnology Schools in Alabama ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 62 degrees in biotechnology to qualified students.
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 Alabama list to help you make the college decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the biotech degrees they offer, see the list below.
Every student who is interested in biotechnology needs to check out University of Alabama in Huntsville. UAH is a moderately-sized public university located in the midsize city of Huntsville. This university ranks 7th out of 40 colleges for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were about 1 biotechnology students who graduated with this degree at UAH in the most recent data year.
Auburn University is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in biotechnology. Located in the city of Auburn, Auburn is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #154 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Auburn is a great university overall.
There were roughly 4 biotechnology students who graduated with this degree at Auburn in the most recent data year.
University of Alabama at Birmingham is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in biotechnology. UAB is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Birmingham. This university ranks 5th out of 40 colleges for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were roughly 57 biotechnology students who graduated with this degree at UAB in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
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