Biotechnology at James Madison University

Every biotechnology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the biotech program at James Madison University stacks up to those at other schools.

JMU is located in Harrisonburg, Virginia and has a total student population of 21,594. Of the 5,002 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from James Madison University in 2021, 34 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.

JMU Biotechnology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biotech

JMU Biotechnology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the biotech progam at JMU 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 JMU 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 Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
Most Focused Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	24
	27

Biotech Student Demographics at JMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biotech majors at James Madison University.

JMU Biotechnology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 34 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Biotechnology from JMU in 2020-2021, 56% were men and 44% were women. The typical biotech bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at JMU since its program graduates 21% more men than average.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biotech at JMU 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 James Madison University with a bachelor's in biotech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	23
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• 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 VA, the home state for James Madison University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Biological Science Professors	1,860	$81,950
Natural Sciences Managers	1,270	$133,360
Biological Scientists	540	$93,750

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 Asheville Post Card Co., Asheville, North Carolina under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.