Biotechnology at University of Nebraska at Omaha

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

UNOMAHA is located in Omaha, Nebraska and has a total student population of 15,892. Of the 2,567 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Nebraska at Omaha in 2021, 22 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.

UNOMAHA Biotechnology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biotech

UNOMAHA Biotechnology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks biotech programs across the country. The following shows how UNOMAHA performed in these rankings.

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 UNOMAHA 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
Most Popular Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	14
Best Value Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	19
	22
Most Focused Biotechnology Schools	55

Biotech Student Demographics at UNOMAHA

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

UNOMAHA Biotechnology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 students earned a bachelor's degree in biotech from UNOMAHA. About 45% of these graduates were women and the other 55% were men. The typical biotech bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at UNOMAHA since its program graduates 20% more men than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biotech at UNOMAHA are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Biomathematics & Bioinformatics
• Neurobiology & Neurosciences
• 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 NE, the home state for University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Occupation	Jobs in NE	Average Salary in NE
Biological Science Professors	430	$87,040
Natural Sciences Managers	270	$89,620
Biological Scientists	150	$74,790

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 Beatmastermatt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.