Biotechnology at Florida Gulf Coast University

What traits are you looking for in a biotech school? To help you decide if Florida Gulf Coast University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's biotech program.

FGCU is located in Fort Myers, Florida and has a total student population of 15,358. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in biotech from FGCU.

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

FGCU Biotechnology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biotech

FGCU Biotechnology Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The biotech major at FGCU 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
	38

Biotech Student Demographics at FGCU

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

FGCU Biotechnology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 biotech majors earned their bachelor's degree from FGCU. Of these graduates, 83% were men and 17% were women. The typical biotech bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at FGCU since its program graduates 48% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% 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 Florida Gulf Coast University with a bachelor's in biotech.

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

FGCU 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 FL, the home state for Florida Gulf Coast University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Biological Scientists	1,770	$71,200
Biological Science Professors	1,590	$90,750

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 Brett Levin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.