Biotechnology

A program that focuses on the application of the biological sciences, biochemistry, and genetics to the preparation of new and enhanced agricultural, environmental, clinical, and industrial products, including the commercial exploitation of microbes, plants, and animals. Includes instruction in bioinformatics, gene identification, phylogenetics and comparative genomics, bioinorganic chemistry, immunoassaying, DNA sequencing, xenotransplantation, genetic engineering, industrial microbiology, drug and biologic development, enzyme-based production processes, patent law, biotechnology management and marketing, applicable regulations, and biotechnology ethics.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 186 institutions across the United States, with a total of 12110 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

627

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

161

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

1,089

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

101

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

1,832

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

8,274

awards given

Top Schools for Biotechnology

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Gaston College Dallas, NC	2,122
2	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	1,410
3	University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi, MD	543
4	Northeastern University Boston, MA	345
5	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	225
6	University of Houston Houston, TX	207
7	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	193
8	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	192
9	New York University New York, NY	186
10	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	177
11	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	165
12	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	144
13	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	135
14	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	135
15	Portland Community College Portland, OR	131
16	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	126
17	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	126
18	University of Georgia Athens, GA	126
19	Northeastern University Professional Programs Boston, MA	123
20	Morehouse School of Medicine Atlanta, GA	117
21	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA	111
22	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	108
23	California State University-San Marcos San Marcos, CA	105
24	Rush University Chicago, IL	105
25	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	105
26	James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA	96
27	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	96
28	University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL	90
29	Georgetown University Washington, DC	87
30	Brown University Providence, RI	84
31	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH	84
32	Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo Arecibo, PR	84
33	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	84
34	California State University-Channel Islands Camarillo, CA	81
35	University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV	78
36	University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	78
37	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	78
38	Worcester State University Worcester, MA	78
39	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	69
40	University of Delaware Newark, DE	66
41	Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY	66
42	Utah Valley University Orem, UT	66
43	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	63
44	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	63
45	Boston University Boston, MA	60
46	Ivy Tech Community College Indianapolis, IN	59
47	Endicott College Beverly, MA	57
48	University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE	57
49	University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MD	57
50	Central New Mexico Community College Albuquerque, NM	57
51	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	54
52	Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce Ponce, PR	54
53	William Paterson University of New Jersey Wayne, NJ	54
54	Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Barranquitas Barranquitas, PR	54
55	University of Houston-Clear Lake Houston, TX	54
56	University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI	51
57	Mount St. Mary's University Emmitsburg, MD	51
58	University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Mayaguez, PR	48
59	University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI	48
60	University of New Hampshire at Manchester Manchester, NH	48
61	Alamance Community College Graham, NC	48
62	University of Houston-Downtown Houston, TX	45
63	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	45
64	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO	45
65	Texas Woman's University Denton, TX	42
66	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	42
67	Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA	42
68	Pitt Community College Winterville, NC	40
69	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	39
70	Harrisburg University of Science and Technology Harrisburg, PA	39
71	Kean University Union, NJ	39
72	Southeast Community College Area Lincoln, NE	35
73	Montgomery County Community College Blue Bell, PA	33
74	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	33
75	Tufts University Medford, MA	33
76	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse, NY	33
77	The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX	33
78	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	33
79	Lansing Community College Lansing, MI	31
80	CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College New York, NY	30
81	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	30
82	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	30
83	Framingham State University Framingham, MA	30
84	SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill Cobleskill, NY	30
85	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH	30
86	Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Lubbock, TX	30
87	Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla Aguadilla, PR	30
88	Northern State University Aberdeen, SD	28
89	The University of Texas at Tyler Tyler, TX	27
90	North Central State College Mansfield, OH	27
91	Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon Bayamon, PR	27
92	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	27
93	Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne, FL	27
94	Brandeis University Waltham, MA	27
95	Azusa Pacific University Azusa, CA	27
96	Bunker Hill Community College Boston, MA	27
97	Ferris State University Big Rapids, MI	24
98	Auburn University Auburn, AL	24
99	Montana State University Bozeman, MT	24
100	Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Guayama Guayama, PR	24