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2023 Most Popular Online Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools

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$21,612 Avg Student Debt

In 2020-2021, 3,911 people earned a degree or certificate in biotechnology, making the major the #172 most popular in the United States.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Online Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the United States to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for biotech majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named North Carolina State University the most popular online school in the United States for biotechnology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 44% of the biotech majors at the school.

On average, biotech graduates from NC State take out $21,350 in student loans while working on their Graduate Certificate.

Full Biotechnology at North Carolina State University Report

#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Out of the 5 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

About 53% of the students majoring in biotech at the school are women while 47% are male.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Maryland Global Campus is a great place for biotechnology students working on their online graduate certificate. UMGC is a very large public school located in the suburb of Adelphi.

Of the 6 students majoring in biotech at UMGC, 17% are male and 83% are female.

Full Biotechnology at University of Maryland Global Campus Report

#4

Mount St Mary's University

Emmitsburg, MD

Out of the 5 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Mount St Mary’s University landed the # 4 spot on the list. The Mount is a small private not-for-profit school located in the fringe town of Emmitsburg.

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#5

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Out of the 5 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.

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One of 14 majors within the area of study, biotechnology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Biology 107,165
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 14,535
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 11,615
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 8,813
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 7,247

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Henk Caspers/Naturalis Biodiversity Center.

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