Biotechnology at Tufts University

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

Tufts is located in Medford, Massachusetts and approximately 12,219 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,829 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Tufts University in 2021, 10 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.

Tufts Biotechnology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biotech
• Doctorate Degree in Biotech

Tufts Biotechnology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the biotech progam at Tufts 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 Tufts 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
	2
Best Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools	7

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in biotech from Tufts. This is the #72 most popular school for biotech master’s degree candidates in the country.

Biotech Student Demographics at Tufts

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

Tufts Biotechnology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 10 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Biotechnology from Tufts in 2020-2021, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical biotech bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Tufts since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 Tufts University with a bachelor's in biotech.

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

Tufts also has a doctoral program available in biotech. In 2021, 1 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Genetics
• Neurobiology & Neurosciences
• Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences
• Microbiological Sciences & Immunology
• Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular 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 MA, the home state for Tufts University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Biological Scientists	4,470	$84,790
Natural Sciences Managers	4,040	$183,490
Biological Science Professors	2,220	$112,390

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 Magicpiano under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.