Biotechnology at Brigham Young University - Provo

If you are interested in studying biotechnology, you may want to check out the program at Brigham Young University - Provo. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

BYU is located in Provo, Utah and approximately 36,461 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 35 students received a bachelor's degree in biotech from BYU.

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

BYU Biotechnology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biotech

BYU Biotechnology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks biotech programs across the country. The following shows how BYU performed in these rankings.

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 BYU 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
	95

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in biotech from BYU. This is the #72 most popular school for biotech master’s degree candidates in the country.

Biotech Student Demographics at BYU

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

BYU Biotechnology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 35 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in biotech from BYU. About 46% were men and 54% were women. The typical biotech bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at BYU since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biotech at BYU 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 Brigham Young University - Provo with a bachelor's in biotech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	30
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• General Biology
• Zoology
• Biomathematics & Bioinformatics
• Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
• Microbiological Sciences & Immunology

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 UT, the home state for Brigham Young University - Provo.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Natural Sciences Managers	1,200	$99,810
Biological Science Professors	550	$117,940
Biological Scientists	270	$74,290

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 Mwilson3 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.