Biotechnology at University of California - Santa Cruz

83% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

UC Santa Cruz is located in Santa Cruz, California and approximately 19,161 students attend the school each year.

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

UC Santa Cruz Biotechnology Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Biotech

UC Santa Cruz Biotechnology Rankings

The biotech major at UC Santa Cruz 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.

Biotech Student Demographics at UC Santa Cruz

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

UC Santa Cruz Biotechnology Bachelor’s Program

50% Women

83% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of biotech bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical biotech bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at UC Santa Cruz since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 44% 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 University of California - Santa Cruz with a bachelor's in biotech.

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

Concentrations Within Biotechnology

Biotechnology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of California - Santa Cruz. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Biotechnology	2

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 CA, the home state for University of California - Santa Cruz.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Biological Scientists	11,010	$91,340
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Biological Science Professors	4,360	$128,370

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
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