Biotechnology at New York Institute of Technology

If you are interested in studying biotechnology, you may want to check out the program at New York Institute of Technology. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NYIT is located in Old Westbury, New York and has a total student population of 6,851. Of the 812 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from New York Institute of Technology in 2021, 2 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.

NYIT Biotechnology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biotech

NYIT Biotechnology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks biotech programs across the country. The following shows how NYIT performed in these rankings.

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 NYIT 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
	58
Best Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	63
Best Value Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	65
	117

Biotech Student Demographics at NYIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biotech majors at New York Institute of Technology.

NYIT Biotechnology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of biotech bachelor's degrees went to men and 0% went to women. The typical biotech bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at NYIT since its program graduates 65% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 New York Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in biotech.

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

NYIT 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 NY, the home state for New York Institute of Technology.

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 Leginius The Angry under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.