Biotechnology at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

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

IUPUI is located in Indianapolis, Indiana and approximately 29,390 students attend the school each year. Of the 4,521 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis in 2021, 4 of them were biotechnology majors.

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

IUPUI Biotechnology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biotech

IUPUI Biotechnology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the biotech progam at IUPUI 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 IUPUI 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
Most Focused Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	78

Biotech Student Demographics at IUPUI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biotech majors at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis.

IUPUI Biotechnology Bachelor’s Program

The biotech program at IUPUI awarded 4 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. The typical biotech bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at IUPUI since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis with a bachelor's in biotech.

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

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

Related Majors

• Pharmacology & Toxicology
• Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences
• Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology
• Microbiological Sciences & Immunology
• Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular 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 IN, the home state for Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Natural Sciences Managers	1,720	$65,270
Biological Science Professors	1,410	$98,590
Biological Scientists	630	$69,180

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.