Biotechnology at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

If you are interested in studying biotechnology, you may want to check out the program at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

ESF is located in Syracuse, New York and approximately 2,127 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 15 biotech majors received their bachelor's degree from ESF.

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

ESF Biotechnology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biotech

ESF Biotechnology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the biotech progam at ESF 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 ESF 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	7
Most Popular Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	22
Best Value Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	28
Best Value Biotechnology Schools	58
Best Biotechnology Schools	90
	120

Biotech Student Demographics at ESF

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biotech majors at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

ESF Biotechnology Bachelor’s Program

The biotech program at ESF awarded 15 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 33% of these degrees went to men with the other 67% going to women.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biotech at ESF 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 SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry with a bachelor's in biotech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other)
• Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
• Zoology
• Ecology, Evolution & Systematics 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 SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

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 DASonnenfeld under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.