Biotechnology at The University of Texas at Dallas

What traits are you looking for in a biotech school? To help you decide if The University of Texas at Dallas is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's biotech program.

UT Dallas is located in Richardson, Texas and has a total student population of 28,669.

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

UT Dallas Biotechnology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Biotech

UT Dallas Biotechnology Rankings

Biotech Student Demographics at UT Dallas

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biotech majors at The University of Texas at Dallas.

UT Dallas Biotechnology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of biotech master's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 35% men graduate in biotech each year. UT Dallas does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

In the biotech master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 45% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at Dallas with a master's in biotech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	0
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Dallas.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Biological Science Professors	4,470	$99,940
Natural Sciences Managers	2,620	$127,270
Biological Scientists	2,100	$80,900

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 Stan9999 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.