Biotechnology at Oregon State University

If you plan to study biotechnology, take a look at what Oregon State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Oregon State is located in Corvallis, Oregon and approximately 32,312 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 11 biotech majors received their bachelor's degree from Oregon State.

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

Oregon State Biotechnology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biotech

Oregon State Biotechnology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the biotech progam at Oregon State 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 Oregon State 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
	62

Biotech Student Demographics at Oregon State

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

Oregon State Biotechnology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 biotech majors earned their bachelor's degree from Oregon State. Of these graduates, 36% were men and 64% were women. The typical biotech bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Oregon State since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% 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 Oregon State University with a bachelor's in biotech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Oregon State 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
• Botany/Plant Biology
• Microbiological Sciences & Immunology
• Zoology

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 OR, the home state for Oregon State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Natural Sciences Managers	1,250	$109,610
Biological Scientists	770	$69,930
Biological Science Professors	470	$96,920

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 Gregkeene under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.