Biotechnology at University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez

Every biotechnology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the biotech program at University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez stacks up to those at other schools.

UPR Mayaguez is located in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico and has a total student population of 12,825. Of the 1,863 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez in 2021, 20 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.

UPR Mayaguez Biotechnology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biotech

UPR Mayaguez Biotechnology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The biotech major at UPR Mayaguez 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 Focused Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
Most Popular Biotechnology Schools	40
	57

Biotech Student Demographics at UPR Mayaguez

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

UPR Mayaguez Biotechnology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 20 biotech students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UPR Mayaguez, about 45% were men and 55% were women. The typical biotech bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at UPR Mayaguez since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 52% 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 Puerto Rico - Mayaguez with a bachelor's in biotech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology
• Microbiological Sciences & Immunology
• 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 PR, the home state for University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez.

Occupation	Jobs in PR	Average Salary in PR

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 NitroPR under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.