When it comes to popularity, a bachelor's degree in biotechnology sits in the middle of the road, ranking #165 out of 363 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 reviewed 2 schools in Utah to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of biotechnology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 63 bachelor's degrees in biotechnology during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on biotechnology students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of biotechnology students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for biotechnology to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized biotechnology related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for biotechnology students working on their bachelor's degree.
The biotech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Biotechnology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Utah.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in biotechnology has to check out Brigham Young University - Provo. Located in the medium-sized city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.
Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the biotech program earn an average of $42,178 in their early career salary.
It is hard to beat Utah Valley University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in biotechnology. UVU is a very large public university located in the small city of Orem.
Biotechnology bachelor's degree recipients from Utah Valley University earn a boost of about $4,970 above the average earnings of biotechnology graduates.
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).
