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2023 Most Popular Biotechnology Schools in Iowa

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Finding the Best Biotechnology School for You

With 4 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, biotechnology is the #226 most popular major in Iowa.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Schools in Iowa ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Iowa to see which ones were the most popular programs 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 Colleges.

#1

Grand View University

Des Moines, IA

Our analysis found Grand View University to be the most popular school for biotechnology students who want to pursue a degree in Iowa. Located in the city of Des Moines, Grand View University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Read full report on Biotechnology at Grand View University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Biotechnology Schools in Iowa list. Located in the small city of Ames, Iowa State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Biotechnology at Iowa State University

Best Biotechnology Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Biotechnology Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 0
Minnesota 5
Kansas 13
Nebraska 22
North Dakota 5
South Dakota 22

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 2 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.

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