Biotechnology at University of Central Florida

If you are interested in studying biotechnology, you may want to check out the program at University of Central Florida. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UCF is located in Orlando, Florida and has a total student population of 71,881.

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

UCF Biotechnology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biotech
• Master’s Degree in Biotech

UCF Biotechnology Rankings

The biotech major at UCF 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 UCF

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

UCF Biotechnology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of biotech bachelor's degrees went to men and 47% went to women. The typical biotech bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at UCF since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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 Central Florida with a bachelor's in biotech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	10
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UCF Biotechnology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of biotech master's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 35% men graduate in biotech each year. UCF does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 11% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Biotechnology

If you plan to be a biotech major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Central Florida. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Biotechnology	41

Related Majors

• Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology
• General 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 FL, the home state for University of Central Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Biological Scientists	1,770	$71,200
Biological Science Professors	1,590	$90,750

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 Breezy Baldwin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.