Biotechnology at Auburn University

If you plan to study biotechnology, take a look at what Auburn University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Auburn is located in Auburn, Alabama and approximately 30,737 students attend the school each year. Of the 5,840 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Auburn University in 2021, 4 of them were biotechnology majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Biotechnology section at the bottom of this page.

Auburn Biotechnology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biotech

Auburn Biotechnology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the biotech progam at Auburn compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The biotech major at Auburn is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biotechnology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	41

Biotech Student Demographics at Auburn

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biotech majors at Auburn University.

Auburn Biotechnology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Biotechnology from Auburn in 2020-2021, 75% were men and 25% were women. The typical biotech bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Auburn since its program graduates 40% more men than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biotech at Auburn are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Auburn University with a bachelor's in biotech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Auburn also has a doctoral program available in biotech. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Biomathematics & Bioinformatics
• Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology
• Neurobiology & Neurosciences
• Microbiological Sciences & Immunology
• Physiology & Pathology Sciences

Careers That Biotech Grads May Go Into

A degree in biotech can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AL, the home state for Auburn University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Biological Scientists	260	$67,200
Natural Sciences Managers	170	$112,140

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Robert S. Donovan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.