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Most Popular Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools in California

2023 Most Popular Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools in California

4 Colleges
$21,612 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Biotechnology Graduate Certificate School for You

With 322 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, biotechnology is the #157 most popular major in California.

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in California to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Biotechnology program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found California State University - Long Beach to be the most popular school for biotechnology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. Located in the city of Long Beach, CSULB is a public college with a fairly 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Los Angeles. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Cal State LA is a fairly 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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Out of the 4 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the # 3 spot on the list. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - East Bay. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Cal State East Bay is a large public school located in the suburb of Hayward.

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Best Biotechnology Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Biotechnology Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 0
Oregon 16
Nevada 27
Hawaii 14

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 4 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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