Biotechnology at Florida Southern College

If you are interested in studying biotechnology, you may want to check out the program at Florida Southern College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Florida Southern is located in Lakeland, Florida and approximately 3,413 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students received a bachelor's degree in biotech from Florida Southern.

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

Florida Southern Biotechnology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biotech

Florida Southern Biotechnology Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The biotech major at Florida Southern 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
	34
Best Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	38
Best Value Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	55
Best Biotechnology Schools	87
Most Popular Biotechnology Schools	145

Biotech Student Demographics at Florida Southern

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biotech majors at Florida Southern College.

Florida Southern Biotechnology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students earned a bachelor's degree in biotech from Florida Southern. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biotech at Florida Southern 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 Florida Southern College with a bachelor's in biotech.

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

Florida Southern 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
• Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology
• Physiology & Pathology Sciences
• 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 Southern College.

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 Ebyabe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.