2023 Most Popular Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools
Finding the Best Biotechnology Graduate Certificate School for You
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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 29 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Biotechnology program at each school on the list.
2023 Most Popular Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named North Carolina State University the most popular 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.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Harvard University is a great place for biotechnology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
About 53% of the students majoring in biotech at the school are women while 47% are male.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools list. UAB is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Birmingham.
Women make up 85% of the biotech majors at the school.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means California State University - Long Beach is a great place for biotechnology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Long Beach, CSULB is a public college with a very large student population.
About 67% of the students majoring in biotech at the school are women while 33% are male.
While working on their Graduate Certificate, biotech majors at CSULB accumulate an average of around $18,477 in student debt.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means California State University - Los Angeles is a great place for biotechnology students working on their graduate certificate. Cal State LA is a very large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.
About 56% of the students majoring in biotech at the school are women while 44% are male.
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University of Maryland Global Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. UMGC is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Adelphi.
Of the 6 students majoring in biotech at UMGC, 17% are male and 83% are female.
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With a ranking of #7, Ball State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for biotechnology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Muncie, Ball State is a public college with a very large student population.
Of the 5 students majoring in biotech at Ball State, 60% are male and 40% are female.
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Purdue University - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public college with a very large student population.
Of the 5 students majoring in biotech at Purdue, 20% are male and 80% are female.
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Kansas State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for biotechnology students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the small city of Manhattan, K -State is a public college with a very large student population.
Women make up 80% of the biotech majors at the school.
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With a ranking of #10, University of Maryland - Baltimore County did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for biotechnology students working on their graduate certificate. UMBC is a large public school located in the large suburb of Baltimore.
Of the 3 students majoring in biotech at UMBC, 33% are male and 67% are female.
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Biotechnology Related Majors
One of 14 majors within the area of study, biotechnology has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Biotech
| 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 29 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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.