Biotechnology at California State University - San Marcos

What traits are you looking for in a biotech school? To help you decide if California State University - San Marcos is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's biotech program.

CSUSM is located in San Marcos, California and approximately 16,367 students attend the school each year.

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

CSUSM Biotechnology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biotech
• Master’s Degree in Biotech

CSUSM Biotechnology Rankings

The biotech major at CSUSM 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.

Biotech Student Demographics at CSUSM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biotech majors at California State University - San Marcos.

CSUSM Biotechnology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of biotech bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. The typical biotech bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at CSUSM since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 42% more racial-ethnic minorities in its biotech bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

CSUSM Biotechnology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of biotech master's degrees went to men and 64% went to women.

In the biotech master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - San Marcos with a master's in biotech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	4
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Biotechnology

If you plan to be a biotech major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California State University - San Marcos. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Biotechnology	59

Related Majors

• Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
• General Biology

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 CA, the home state for California State University - San Marcos.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Biological Scientists	11,010	$91,340
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Biological Science Professors	4,360	$128,370

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 Eamuscatuli under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.