Biotechnology at The City College of New York

If you plan to study biotechnology, take a look at what The City College of New York has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CCNY is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 15,227. In 2021, 8 biotech majors received their bachelor's degree from CCNY.

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

CCNY Biotechnology Degrees Available

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

CCNY Biotechnology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the biotech progam at CCNY 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 CCNY 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	30
	37
	79
Best Biotechnology Schools	113

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in biotech from CCNY. This makes it the #63 most popular school for biotech master’s degree candidates in the country.

Biotech Student Demographics at CCNY

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biotech majors at The City College of New York.

CCNY Biotechnology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 biotech majors earned their bachelor's degree from CCNY. Of these graduates, 25% were men and 75% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The City College of New York with a bachelor's in biotech.

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

CCNY Biotechnology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of biotech master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The City College of New York with a master's in biotech.

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

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

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 NY, the home state for The City College of New York.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Biological Science Professors	4,590	$102,800
Natural Sciences Managers	1,360	$148,460
Biological Scientists	690	$89,000

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 Elsie140 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.