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Biotechnology at University of Houston

If you plan to study biotechnology, take a look at what University of Houston has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UH is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 47,090 students attend the school each year. Of the 8,890 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Houston in 2021, 71 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.

UH Biotechnology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Biotech

UH Biotechnology Rankings

The biotech major at UH 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.

How Much Do Biotech Graduates from UH Make?

The median salary of biotech students who receive their bachelor's degree at UH is $38,691. This is 5% higher than $37,007, which is the national average for all biotech bachelor's degree recipients.

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Biotech Student Demographics at UH

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

UH Biotechnology Bachelor’s Program

49% Women
76% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 71 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Biotechnology from UH in 2020-2021, 51% were men and 49% were women. The typical biotech bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at UH since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% 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 Houston with a bachelor's in biotech.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 24
Black or African American 9
Hispanic or Latino 15
White 8
International Students 6
Other Races/Ethnicities 9

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

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 University of Houston.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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